East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Patna (Azimabad): Patna Post, copper One Anna, 1774,...

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Patna (Azimabad): Patna Post, copper One Anna, 1774, patna post one anns 1774 in four lines, rev. azimabad dak ani [Azimabad post one anna], 20mm, 4.66g/9h (Prid. 364, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 685]; Pridmore, SNC June 1977, this coin illustrated; Stevens –; KM. –). About extremely fine and sharply struck, extremely rare and in all likelihood the finest known specimen [certified and graded NGC MS 60 BN] £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 683 [in collection by July 1970], ticket W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 1534. Owner’s ticket and envelope. Literature: Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.265 Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, ‘British India – numismatic or philatelic?;, SNC June 1977, p.247