Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1638. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Bahawalpur. Sadiq Muhammad Khan V. 1907-1947. AV Nazarana Ashrafi (7.24 gm, 12h). Dated AH 1323 (1924/25 AD). Uniformed bust left / Garnished coat-of-arms. KM 11; Friedberg 1030. EF, proof-like surfaces. Light die breaks. Rare. ($750)

The nawab of Bahawalpur ordered dies for nazarana rupees and ashrafis from Spink & Son in London in 1925. The deteriorated die state of many known specimens suggests the dies were kept for many years, for striking presentation pieces whenever needed. Bahawalpur was absorbed into the new state of Pakistan in 1947.