366, Lot: 154. Estimate $500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Awadh. Amjad Ali Shah. AH 1258-1263 / AD 1842-1847. AV Half Ashrafi (18mm, 5.38 g, 3h). Lucknow mint. Dated AH 1262 (AD 1846). Legend citing Amjad Ali Shah; AH date in lower field / Coat-of-arms supported by "mermen"; mint formula in outer margin. KM 340 (date unlisted); Friedberg 1020. EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 59 (10 April 1992), lot 4329.