Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2361. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Awadh. Asaf al-Dawla. 1775-1797. AV Mohur (10.67 g, 6h). Struck in the name of Shah Alam II. Najibabad mint. Dated AH 1185; RY 32 of his reign (AD 1782). Couplet with titles of Shah Alam II; AH date off flan / Regnal legend with RY date, “mim” in Persian, bud and fish symbols; mint name mostly off flan. Cf. SGSA 116.4 (rupee); Friedberg -. EF. Apparently unrecorded as a mohur.