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Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 - Adams Collection 6 January 2016
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INDIA, Princely States. Bahwalpur. Sadiq Muhammad Khan V. AH 1325-1365 / AD 1907-1947. Proof AV Nazarana Rupee (29mm, 20.21 g, 12h). Dies by Spink. Bahawalpur mint. Dated AH 1343 (AD 1925). Bust left, wearing military attire; b-mughalmah te'ala sadiq muhammad 'abbasi khams farmanrawai malikat kudadad bahawalpur (most exalted, Sadiq Muhammad 'Abbasi fifth ruler of the kingdom granted by God Bahawalpur) in Urdu / Coat-of-arms; above, zarb Bahawalpur in Urdu, below 1343 (in Eastern Arabic numerals and yek rupia (value) in Urdu. Cf. KM (Y) 10 (nazarana rupee); Friedberg 1031a; Baldwin's 53, lot 1956. Proof, mirror fields, a few hairlines and finger prints, struck with typical rusty dies. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 2006.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 2006.