366, Lot: 192. Estimate $200. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PRINCELY STATES, Hyderabad. temp. Mir Usman Ali Khan II. AH 1329-1368 / AD 1911-1948. AV Half Ashrafi (22mm, 5.60 g, 12h). Haiderabad mint. Dually dated AH 1341; RY 12 (AD 1923). Façade of Charminar Mosque; isolate ain in Persian in central entryway; Asaf Jah and 92 inscription above; AH date in exergue / Value within pelleted circular border; mint formula and RY date forming ornate border. KM (Y) 56.2; Friedberg 1166. UNC.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.