366, Lot: 277. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Madras Presidency. 1652-1835. AV Mohur – Ashrafi (21mm, 11.62 g, 12h). East India Company issue. Madras (Chennai) mint. Struck 1819. Coat-of-arms with leonine supporters / Denomination and name of East India Company in Persian. Pridmore 241; Friedberg 1587. EF, traces of underlying luster, field adjustment marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 1978.