Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1644. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Kutch. Khengarji III. 1875-1942. AR Pattern 5 Kori (13.89 gm, 12h). Dated VS1985 and 1929 AD. Turbanned large bust of the maharaja left / Legend with crescent, trisul, knife and date. Edge lettered: KUTCH BHUJ. Bruce XM 3. EF, light handing marks under a fine iridescent patina. Extremely rare. ($3000)

The 5 and 10 Kori patterns of Khengarji are the only portrait coins of Kutch, and were struck in exceeedigly small quantities; some sources put the mintages of the different varieties at as few as 10 pieces each.