Triton XIX, Lot: 2592. Estimate $2000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALDIVES, Sultanate. Huraa dynasty. Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI. AH 1311-1321 / AD 1893-1903. Pattern AV 2 Lariat (13mm, 1.51 g, 12h). Heaton (Birmingham) mint. Dated AH 1319 (AD 1901/2). Cf. KM Pn2 (for type in silver). Superb EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby’s (14 April 1994), lot 454; Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk – Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 897 (part of).