Triton XIX, Lot: 2431. Estimate $750. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Hyderabad. Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II. AH 1285-1329 / AD 1868-1911. AV Ashrafi (25mm, 11.20 g, 12h). Milled issue. Farkhanda Bunyad (Hyderabad) mint. Dually dated AH 1311 and RY 27 (AD 1893). sanat he 1311 nizam al-mulk mim asaf jah 92 ( year of the Hijri 1311 administrator of the kingdom m[ahbub] asaf jah 92) in Persian; all within a border of crescents / zarb farkhandah bunyad haiderabad maimanat jalus manus 27 (struck of happy foundation Hyderabad year 27 of reign associated with prosperity) in Persian; all within a border of crescents. KM –; Friedberg 1160. Good VF, toned, small scratch on reverse, evidence of having been in a bezel. Very rare single year issue.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, March 1980.