366, Lot: 253. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Bengal Presidency. 1651-1835. AV Mohur (21mm, 10.87 g, 10h). Muhammadabad Banaras mint. Triply dated AH 1201; RY 17/26 of Shah Alam II (AD 1784/5). Persian couplet citing Shah Alam II; to left, fish right / Mint formula and double RY date; flower in sin. Pridmore 217-8 (dates unlisted); Friedberg 1534. Superb EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller.