366, Lot: 135. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDEPENDENT STATES, Sikh Empire. Diwan Mulraj. Governor of Multan and Rebel against the British, VS 1901-1906 / AD 1844-1849. AV Rupee (10mm, 0.64 g, 8h). Siege issue. Multan mint. Dated VS 1905 (AD 1848/9).
sahai/
satguru(
may the true teacher help) in Persian script / Pipal leaf; VS date above;
mundarka (
siege) in Persian script below. Wiggins & Goron, p. 11; Herrli 11.09.04; Friedberg 1395. EF. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1984.