Catalogue
Kushan, Vasudeva III (c.A.D. 360-365), gold stater, (7.79 grams), obv. standing king facing with head to left, holding sceptre and right hand lowered to altar, trident above altar, legend around, rev. goddess Ardoksho seated facing on throne holding cornucopiae, symbol to left and below, to right legend with traces of APDOXPO (Gobl 593). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
India-Burma, Kingdom of Harikela (Chittagong), Early silver series units, (c.A.D. 630-750), (c.7.2 grams), obv. humped bull, rev. trident with sun and moon. (M.5261). Poorly struck as usual, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Western Ganges (Ganges of Talkad), anonymous gold pagoda, (c.1080-1138 or later), obv. highly ornamented and fully caparisoned elephant to right, rev. complex floral design filling the entire coin, (M.702). Stuck on small flan, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sultans of Delhi, Islam Shah Suri, (A.H. 952-960, A.D. 1545-1552), silver rupee no mint name, year 959, (cf.M.2675), temple tokens in style of Akbar (2), (Brotman type 10, p. 195), EIC, Bombay Presidency, silver rupee, (KM.223), mounted as ornate broach, rupee copy and uniface copies of Japan Ryukyu Islands, half shu, (KM.115) and China (cf.Schjoth 621). Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver half rupee, Lahore mint, Regnal year 48 (1603), month Di, (KM. SAC 67.1). Fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver rupees, Ahmadabad mint, year 983 (1575-6), another square flan, mint of flan (probably Ujjain), year 999 (1590-1), (KM. SAC 80.2, 82.7). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver rupees, Patna mint, Regnal year 46 (1601) Shahrewar month, another Srinager mint, Regnal year 49 (1603), Di month, (KM. SAC 93.14, 93.15). Very fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Murzaffar Shah III of Gujaret Province, (A.H. 991-2, A.D. 1583-1584), silver rupee of Mogul standard, Ahmadabad mint, dated 991 (1583), obv. Kalima, rev. name and titles of Muzaffer Shah, (KM. SAC 98.1, Mitchiner 2946). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037, A.D. 1605-1628), silver rupee, Qandahar mint, Regnal year 9 (1614-1615), month Azar, (KM. SAC 145.13). Good very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Jahangir (A.H.1014-1037, A.D. 1556-1605), silver zodiacal rupee, (10.95 grams), Agra mint, Regnal year 13, 1027 A.H. (A.D.1618), original issue, obv. Aries (ram) to left sun behind, rev. date and names of Akbar and Jahangir, (KM. 150.2, BMC 361-3, Lahore 336). Very good and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Shah Jahan, (A.H. 1037-1068, A.D. 1628-1658), silver rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year 2 (1629), year [1]038, (KM. SAC 224.1). Extremely fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $60
Murad Bakhsh, (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), silver rupee, Surat mint, Regnal year 1 and year 1068 (1658), (KM. SAC 271.1). Nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Murad Bakhsh, (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), silver rupee, Ahmadabad mint, year 1068 (1658), (KM. SAC 272.1). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D. 1658-1707), silver rupees, Aurangabad mint, Regnal year 31 and year 1099 (1687-8), another Lahore mint Regnal year 30 and year 1098 (1686-7), (KM. SAC 300.14 and 300.53). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Shah Alam Bahadur, (A.H. 1119-1124, A.D. 1707-1712), silver rupee, Kanbayat mint, Regnal year 1 (1707), (KM. 347.10). Nearly extremely fine and toned.
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Farrukhsiyar, (A.H. 1124-1131, A.D. 1713-1719), silver rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year 8, year [11]31 (1719), (KM. 377.1). Nearly uncirculated with some mint bloom, rare in this condition.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Farrukhsiyar, (A.H. 1124-1131, A.D. 1713-1719), silver rupee, Mustaqir-ul-Khilafat, Akbarabad mint, Regnal year 6, year [11]29 (1717), (KM. SAC 377.6), Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), silver rupee, Kanbayat mint, Regnal year 15, year 11[XX], (KM. 436.34). Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Rafi-ud-Darjat, (A.H. 1131, A.D. 1719), silver rupee, Mustaqir-ul-Khilifat Akbarabad mint, Regnal year 1, year 1131 (1719), (KM. 405.3). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Alamgir II, (A.H. 1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), silver rupee, Kunch mint, Regnal year 6 (1759), (KM. 459.XX). Very fine and very rare and unpublished mint for this ruler.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Alamgir II, (A.H. 1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), silver rupee, Najibabad mint, Regnal year 4 (1757-8), (KM. 460.35). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Bindraban Princely State in the name of Shah Alam II, (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), silver rupee, Islamabad (Mathura) mint, Regnal year 21, year - (1779), (KM. 40.1, p.593 KM. 18th century). Good very fine the date unpublished.
Estimate $30
SOLD $50
Mysore, Pulicat, and Travancore, gold fanams, mostly different, two with elephants (left and right). Very fine-extremely fine (12).
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Rohilkhand Independent Kingdom in the name of Shah Alam II, (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), silver rupee, Najibabad mint, Regnal year 7, year 1179 (1765-6), (KM. 96.2). Good very fine.
Estimate $20
SOLD $10
Sikh Empire, Ranjit Singh (A.D. 1799-1839), copper two paisa, (20.10 grams), with trident reverse, (cf.KM.9.5). Good very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
Tripura State, Vira Vikrama Kishore Manikya (1923-1947), silver rupee, 1930, (KM. 406). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, 1793 Second Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Copy of Standard Gold Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), Gold mohur, Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with Privy mark for Murshidabad and with oblique milling to right, (Pr. 401, cf.KM. 103). Good very fine with large broad flan, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Proof issue of dies engraved at the Bombay mint, quarter anna mule of A.H. 1246 (1830-1), issue 180 degrees upset, obv. and rev. with scales, value and hirji date 1246, (Pr. 209). Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, rupee, edge grained right, Calcutta mint, Year 19 type, issue of 1793 (Pr.157, KM.99), another Bombay Presidency, 1791 double pice or eight reas, (Pr.118, KM.196), and Temple token imitating a tankah of Malwa of Ghiyath Shah (1469-1500). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Portugesese India, Maria I and Pedro III, rupia 1785, 1786 (K.M.191).
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Portuguese India, silver one rupia 1882, quarter rupia 1881, eighth rupia 1881, (KM. 9, 10, 12). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $30