CNG 103, Lot: 1031. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Princely States. Gwalior. Madhao Rao Sinhia. AV Third Mohur (20mm, 3.41 g, 1h). Dated VS
1959 (AD 1902).
śrī madhava rava maharaja sinda (
Lord Madhao Rao mahataja Sinda) in Nagari, bust right, wearing ornate turban, within ornate border /
riyasata gwaliyar (
Kingdom Gwalior) in Nagari, coat-of-arms with fantastical animal supporters;
san • 1959 below; all within ornate border. KM 175; Friedberg 1129. Superb EF, traces of underlying luster. Rare.
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2430 (hammer $6000, but not paid), purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1993.
