366, Lot: 151. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. Muhammad Ali Shah. AH 1253-1258 / AD 1837-1842. AV Ashrafi (24mm, 10.72 g, 12h). Lucknow mint. Dually dated AH 1253; RY 1 (AD 1837). Legend citing Muhammad Ali Shah; AH date in lower field / Two figures standing facing one another; between, fish curled left below crown; mint formula in outer margin. KM 322.1; Friedberg 1016. Good VF, struck with worn dies.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 59 (10 April 1992), lot 4327.