366, Lot: 152. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. Muhammad Ali Shah. AH 1253-1258 / AD 1837-1842. AV Ashrafi (21mm, 10.67 g, 3h). Lucknow mint. Dually dated AH 1254; RY 2 (AD 1838). 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 (date unlisted); Friedberg 1016. Good VF, traces of red deposits, minor cleaning scatches. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, August 1982.