Triton XXI, Lot: 1071. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Mysore. Tipu Sultan. AH 1197-1202 / AD 1782-1799. AV Sadiqi – Double Pagoda (20.5mm, 6.85 g, 12h). Patan (Seringapatan) mint. Dually dated RY 8 and AM 1218 (16 March AD 1790 – 3 April AD 1791). Patan sal-e shata sanat 1218 raushan ze fatah Haidar he Sadiqi zarb ast din ahmad dar jahan Muhammad (Patan year shata year 1218 bright the victory of Haidar [he] Sadiqi struck is the faith highly praised in the world Muhammad) in Persian / sivum Bahari 8 sanat jalusi al-adil tarikh-i julus saal sakh al-wahid al-sultan hu (Third of Bahari regnal year 8 the just year sakh of enthronement the only sultan he) in Persian. Edge: wreath. Henderson 9 var. (cyclical year); Moin, p. 22; Taylor 2; KM A129; Friedberg 1355. Near EF, bright surfaces. Rare.

From the H.W. Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (11 March 1981), lot 265.