Lot 2345

Sale 59 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes

Maheshwari, K.K. and Wiggins, Kenneth W., Maratha Mints and Coinage, Monograph No.2 of Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, 1989, Bombay, 244pp., profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine and an important work.

The definitive study on Maratha coinage by mints. The Marathas 1650-1818, developed and ocupied much of India and fought against the British, they also were a significant factor in the decline of the Mughal rulers.