366, Lot: 260. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Bengal Presidency. 1651-1835. AV Mohur (27mm, 12.35 g, 12h). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1202 and RY 19 of Shah Alam II (Struck 1825). Persian couplet citing Shah Alam II; AH date in lower field / Mint formula and RY date; private marks around
min and below
shin. Edge: \\\\\\. Pridmore 83; Friedberg 1537. AU, traces of underlying luster, hairlines.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller.