Catalogue
Sultans of Delhi, Muhammad I Bin Sam, (589-602 A.H., 1193-1206 A.D.), base gold dinar, (4.3 grams), Banares issue, obv. three line legend in Nagari (Sri Muhammad Sam), rev. seated Lakshmi facing, (Wright 4, Hull 4, M.2457, Rajgor 736). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Sultans of Delhi, Fakhr-D-Din Muhammad III bin Tughluq, (725-752 A.H., 1325-1351 A.D.), gold tankah, (12.8 grams), Delhi mint, dated 725, obv. three lines, within circle and margin around, (The confiding in the benighity of the merciful Muhammad Shah the Sultan, around this coin was struck in Delhi in seven hundred and twenty five), (Wright 480, Hull 283, BMC 260-2, Ranjor 1206). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Sultans of Delhi, Farid-ud-din Sher Shah Suri, (945-952 A.H., 1538-1545 A.D.), silver rupee, no mint name type, dated 950, 951, 952, (Wright 1093, 1097, 1100, Rajgor 1695, 1696), another Ujjain mint, dated 949, (Wright 1031, Rajgor 1681), another Agra-Gwailor mint, dated 946, (Wright 1089, Rajgor 1693), another Gwailor mint, dated 951 in two places, (Wright 1065, Rajgor 1659). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Sultans of Delhi, Islam Shah Suri, (952-960 A.H., 1545-1552 A.D.), silver rupees (2), no mint name, dated 954 and 955, (Wright 1319, 1320, Rajgor 1791), another circular legend, dated 952, (Wright 1326, Rajgor 1792). Nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Sultans of Gulbarga, (Bahmanis of the Deccan), Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah, (A.H. 748-759, A.D. 1347-1358), silver tanka, (11.1 grams), Ahsanabad mint, not dated, (Khan 1, Rajgor 2510). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Sultabs of Gulbarga, (Bahmanis of the Deccan), Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah, (A.H. 748-759, A.D. 1347-1358), silver tanka, (11.0 grams), Ahsanabad mint, dated year 756 = A.D. 1355, (Khan 3, Rajgor 2511). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Sultans of Gulbarga, (Bahmanis of the Deccan), Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah I, (A.H. 759-776, A.D. 1358-1375), silver tanka, (10.9 grams), Ahsanabad mint, dated 776 = A.D. 1374-5, (Khan 6, Rajgor 2530). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Sultans of Gulbarga, (Bahmanis of the Deccan), Ala-ud-din Ahmad Shah II, (A.H. 838-862, A.D. 1435-1457), gold tanka, Muhammadabad mint, (11.1 grams), year A.H. 857 = A.D. 1453, (Rajgor 2608, cf.Hull 917). Good very fine and very rare, the date not previously recorded.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $880
Sultans of Gujarat, Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah III, (A.H. 943-961, A.D. 1536-1554), gold tanka (12.1 grams), year A.H. 951, (1544-5), (Rajgor 2376). Extremely fine and an unpublished date.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Vijayanagar, Deva Raja I, (A.D. 1406-1422), gold pagoda, (3.4 grams), obv. Siva and Parvati seated facing, rev. legend, (Ramesan type Xb, M.879). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Vijayanagar, derivative type, uncertain ruler, (c.A.D. 15-18th century), gold quarter pagodas, (0.8 grams each, total weight 4.6 grams), obv. crude seated god, rev. raised globule, (Ramesan -, M.-). Very fine. (6)
Estimate $75
SOLD $140
Miscellaneous Sultanates and other Dynastic groupings of copper coins, Kushan (7), Ancient India copper (14), Maratha Confederacy (36), Golkonda (11), Gulbarga Sultanates (52), Deccan sultanates (2), Navanagar (33), Delhi Sultanate (12), Juanpur and Malwa Sultanate (13), Gujaret Sultanate (35). Mostly fine. (215)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D.1556-1605), Gold mohur, (10.9 grams), struck in uncertain mint possibly Ahmadabad mint (Dar-us-Sultanat), issued A.H. 981 (A.D. 1573-4), obv. Kalima and date, rev. Akbar's name, and mint signature off flan, (BMC -, Punjab Museum Cat. -, Nagpur -, Indian Museum Calcutta -, KM. SAC. 108.2). Good very fine, the date not previously reported, very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $270
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver rupee, (11.0 grams), Saimur mint, Regnal year 47 (1601), month Mihr, (cf.KM. SAC 94, mint not listed). Good fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Akbar, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D. 1556-1605), silver half rupee or Mahmudi (5.7 grams), an issue in the Gujarat style by Akbar with his name on the coin, dated as year 911 (for 991), (KM. SAC -, Rajgor -). Extremely fine, very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037, A.D. 1605-1628), silver rupee, round issues, 1029/14 Ahmadabad mint (Inayat type), (KM. 149.4). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037, A.D. 1605-1628), silver rupee, round issues, 1032/17 Lahore mint, (KM. 149.16). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Jahangir (A.H.1014-1037, A.D. 1556-1605), silver zodiacal rupee, (11.2 grams), Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year 13, 1027 A.H. = (A.D.1618), original issue, obv. Aries (ram), rev. date and names of Akbar and Jahangir, (KM. 150.2, Hull 1472). Very good and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $210
Jahangir (A.H.1014-1037, A.D. 1556-1605), silver zodiacal rupee, (10.9 grams), Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year 13, 1027 A.H. = (A.D.1618), original issue, obv. Leo (lion), rev. date and names of Akbar and Jahangir, (KM. 150.11, Hull 1477). Very good and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $180
Jahangir (A.H.1014-1037, A.D. 1556-1605), silver zodiacal rupee, (9.9 grams), Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year [13], 1027 A.H. = (A.D.1618), original issue, obv. Leo (lion), rev. date and names of Akbar and Jahangir, (KM. 150.11, Hull 1477). Clipped flan, otherwise very good.
Estimate $30
SOLD $170
Nur Jahan by 'authority of Emperor Jahangir, (A.H. 1014-1037, A.D. 1605-1628), silver rupee, Surat mint, Regnal year 2[0], year 1035, (1627-1628), (KM.168.6). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), gold mohur, (10.8 grams), Surat mint, year 1068 = A.D. 1658, (cf.KM.SAC 273, Hull -). Good very fine, extremely rare and not published in gold for this mint.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $5,200
Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), silver rupee, (11.4 grams), Ahmadabad mint, year 1068 = A.D. 1658, (KM. SAC 272.1, Hull 1665-6). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (A.H. 1068, A.D. 1658), silver rupee, (11.4 grams), Surat mint, year 1068 = A.D. 1658, (KM. SAC 272.3, Hull 1669-1670). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D.1658-1707), round Gold mohur, (10.9 grams), struck at Shahjahanabad (Delhi), mint, issued A.H. 1070 (A.D. 1659-1660), Regnal year 1, obv. Aurangzeb name and date at top, rev. mint name at top, A.H. and Regnal year lower left, (cf.BMC 709, cf.Nagpur 1030, cf. Indian Museum Calcutta 1139, cf.Panjab Museum Lahore 1488, KM. SAC 315.42). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D.1658-1707), silver rupee, struck at Kashmir mint, issued A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1664-1665), Regnal year 8, (KM. 300.48). Nearly fine and a scarce mint.
Estimate $20
SOLD $40
Aurangzeb, (A.H. 1068-1118, A.D. 1658-1707), silver half rupee, Surat mint, Regnal year 1 and year [1070] (1658-9), with mint reading Bandar-i-Mubarak, (KM. SAC 294.5). Very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
Jahandar, (A.H. 1124, A.D. 1712), silver rupee, (11.32 grams), Shahjahanabad mint, A.H. 1124, Regnal year 1, (KM. 363.21). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Shah Alam Bahadur, (A.H. 1119-1124, A.D. 1707-1712), silver rupee, Lucknow mint, Regnal year 4, no A.H. date, (KM.347.14, IMC 1695). Very fine, scarce with old ticket marked £25.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Ahmad Shah Bahadur, (A.H. 1161-1167), (A.D. 1748-1754), round Gold third mohur or pagoda, struck at Imtiyazgarh (Adoni) mint (South India), no date or Regnal year, obv. part of Ahmad Shah Bahadur name at top, rev. mint name, (BMC -, Indian Museum Calcutta -, Lucknow -, KM 449B.1). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0