Ex Garrett Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 2449. Estimate $2000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Tripura. Rama Ganga Manikya. Second reign, SE 1735-1749 / AD 1813-1826. AV Mohur (27mm, 10.34 g, 6h). Dated SE 1743 (AD 1821). Lion standing left with right foreleg and tail raised; trident standard behind; sa kab da 17 43 (date) in Bengali around below; all within lotus border / siva durg pa/de śri śri yuta rama/ganga manikya deva/śri śrimati chandra ta/ra maha devyau in five lines in Bengali; two floral ornaments above; three below. R&B 266; Friedberg 1428. EF, toned, traces of deposits, area of soft strike at periphery. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 513 (purchased from Jacques Schulman, 30 March 1930 for $144).