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№ 709

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9 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£170

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Pulta mint: Prinsep’s coinage, copper Pao Fulus or Sixteenth-Annas (3), in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1195h, yr 22 [December 1780-April 1781], shah alam badshah 1195 [Shah Alam emperor 1195], revs. sanah 22 julus [in the 22nd year of his reign], two stars below evenly spaced, large flans, 15.8mm (2), 2.00g/6h, 1.92g/6h (Prid. 200 [Sale, lot 626]; Stevens 3.27; KM. 120); similar, small flan, 14.5mm, 1.90g/6h (Prid. 201 [Sale, lot 626]; Stevens 3.28; KM. A120) [3]. About extremely fine and better, a well-struck group £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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First
SNC (London) November 1980 (9448), ticket
Second SNC (London) February 1981 (1267), ticket
Third bt J. Whitmore (Upper Colwall, UK) May 1980.

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