Mysore AH 1200/4 pagoda KM-129a
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This specimen was lot 704 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV pagoda, Patan, AH1200 year 4, Arabic faruqi patan sana 6 // Arabic "huwa al-sultan al-adil sana 1200 hijri"; gorgeous bold strike, AU." The Indian state of Mysore, under her rulers Haider Ali (1761-82) and Tipu Sultan (1782-99), was a serious thorn in the side of the British Raj. This type was struck AM 1215-1223.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specifications: 3.4 g. gold, this specimen 3.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM-129a, Fr-1352.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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