Catalogue
Shah Alam Bahadur I, (A.H. 1119-1124, A.D.1707-1712), round Gold mohur, (10.87 grams), struck at Akbarabad Mustaqir-ul-Mulk mint, issued A.H. 11XX, Regnal year 5, (1711) obv. Shah Alam Bahadur name and date upper margin, rev. mint name at centre and base, Regnal year 5, (cf.BMC 863, KM. 356.2). Extremely fine and very rare, type only known by this date.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Jahandar, (A.H. 1124, A.D. 1712), round gold mohur, struck at Lahore, mint, Regnal year 1, issued A.H. 112[4] (1712), obv. Jahandar name in centre, date centre right, rev. mint name on coin at top, Regnal year in centre left, (cf.KM.368). Nearly very fine, rare not present for this variety with Jahandar's name on the second line, in the major published collections.
Estimate $250
SOLD $230
Jahandar, (A.H. 1124, A.D. 1712), round Gold mohur, (10.9 grams), struck at Shahjahanabad Dar-ul-Khilafat (Delhi) mint, issued A.H. 1124, Regnal year 1, (1712), obv. Jahandar name at top, date to centre right, rev. mint name at top, Regnal year centre left, (BMC 880, Nagpur 239, Panjab museum Lahore 2099, Lucknow 3542-3, KM.368.6). Extremely fine with trace of mint bloom, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Jahandar, (A.H. 1124, A.D. 1712), round gold mohur, struck at Shahjahanabad mint, Regnal year 1, issued A.H. 1124 (1712), obv. Jahandar name in centre, date centre right, rev. mint name on coin at top, Regnal year in centre left, (KM.368.6). Crude style and possibly a native copy, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $210
Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), silver half rupee, Surat mint, year 19, 114[9]; (KM.433.4). Good very fine, scarce, an unlisted year.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
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 $180
SOLD $120
Aziz-ud-din 'Alamgir II, (A.H. 1167-1173), (A.D.1754-1759), round silver half rupee, struck at Surat mint, not dated, partial mint reading, (cf.KM.453). Good very fine, unpublished.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Alwar, Bani Singh, (A.H. 1231-1273, A.D. 1815-1857), in the name of Muhammad Akbar II, silver rupees, regal year 26, [A.H.123X], (KM.20). Very similar types, very fine or better. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Assam, Gadadhara Simha Supatpha, (SE 1603-1618, A.D. 1681-1696), rupee (1681), with lion and two birds, (KM. 31). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Assam, Gadadhara Simha Supatpha, (SE 1603-1618, A.D. 1681-1696), rupee (1681), with lion on obv., and bird to right on rev., (KM. 33). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Assam, Rudra Simha Sukhrungpha (SE 1618-1636, A.D. 1696-1714), rupees SE 1618 (1696), 1620 (1698), 1625 (1703), 1627 (1705), 1632 (1710), 1633 (1711), 1634 (1712), 1635 (1713), half rupee not dated, (KM. 38, 40). Good fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $130
SOLD $140
Assam, Pramatta Simha Sunenpha (SE 1666-1673, A.D. 1744-1751), rupees SE 1669 (1747), 1670 (1748) (3), 1671 (1749), 1672 (1750), 1673 (1751), (KM. 122). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Assam, Rajesvara Simha Suprempha (SE 1673-1691, A.D. 1751-1769), struck at Rangapur, octagonal rupee with Persian legend, SE 1685 (1763), (KM. 156). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah, (A.H. 1263-1272, 1847-1856), Lucknow mint, quarter rupee, A.H. 126X no regal year; eighth rupee 1268 (1851-2) no regal year; 1271 (1854-5), year 9; another without any dates, sixteenth rupee 1270 (1853-4), year 2 (sic); copper falus 1266 (1849-1850) (unpublished date), 1270 (1853-4), another no date, (KM. 351.2, 351.3, 355, 357.2, 361.2, C.112.1, 112.2, 114, 115.2, 116.2). Copper very good - very fine, silver very fine - extremely fine, some rare. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Baroda, Anand Rao (A.H. 1215-1235, A.D. 1800-1819), in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H. 1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), silver rupees, Ahmadabad mint, regal year 4[X] (c.1804), another without date but different Ankus (Maratha) symbol, (KM. C.19). Nearly very fine; nearly extremely fine, both rare. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Bharatpur, Randhir Singh (A.H. 1220-1239, A.D. 1805-1823), and in the name of Muhammad Akbar II (A.H.1221-1253, A.D.1806-1837), Bharatpur mint (mint name Braj Indrapur), gold mohur, large flan issue, regal year 6, year 122[6] (1811-1812), with * and katar on reverse, (KM.110). Extremely fine and very rare, the date unpublished.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Bharatpur, Queen Victoria and Jaswat Singh (VS1909-1950, A.D. 1853-1893), silver rupee, VS 1910, 1858, obv. bust of Queen Victoria to left, (KM.157). Nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Bikanir, Ganga Singh (VS 1944-1999, A.D. 1887-1942), Bikanir mint, gold Nazarana mohur original striking, portrait facing type, 50th Annivarsary of reign, VS1994 (1937), (KM. 75). Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
Cooch Behar, Nara Narayan, (SE 1477-1509, A.D. 1555-1587), rupee 1477, (1555), obv. and rev. Bengali script in four lines, dumpy flans, (KM. 34). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Gwalior, a series of mostly rupees, Bajranggarh mint (2) bow and arrow series one base metal date off flan, other 1822 (year 24), (KM. 16, 17), Gwalior mint, (KM.82), Lashkar mint, (KM.159), others quarter rupees (KM.156) (2), Ujjain mint (3), year 51 (KM.224), A.H. 1311, 1312, (KM.245), another uncertain rupee. Fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Hyderabad, Mir Mahmud Ali Khan II, (A.H. 1285-1329) (A.H. 1868-1911), gold ashrafi, A.H.1287 = 1870-1, Regal year -, (KM.22). Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Gwalior, silver rupee, undated, (KM.152), Islamic fraction, EIC bronze, Turkey silver twenty kurush A.H. 1293/1, 1327/9, (KM.693, 780), and Egypt, Khedive's star, 1884-6 without suspender. Very fine or better. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Indore, Tukoji Rao II (SE1766-1808, A.D. 1844-1886), silver muhra (rupee), SE1780, (1858), obv. Sun facing, (KM.15). Cut in edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Jaipur State, Ram Singh (A.H. 1251-1298, A.D. 1835-1880), gold mohur, year 9, A.H. 12[62], A.D.1845-6, (KM.102). Has been mounted otherwise very fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
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, (12.34 grams), Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with Privy mark for Murshidabad and with oblique milling to right, (Pr. 401, cf.KM. 103). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
Bengal Presidency, gold mohur of Murshidabad type (1790-1818), (KM.103). Has been mounted, fair.
Estimate $110
SOLD $110
Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, 1793 Second Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Copies of Standard Silver Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), rupees struck in silver (3), all Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with Privy mark for Murshidabad and with oblique milling to right rupee vertical graining, and plain milling, (Pr. 407, 408 (This Coin Illustrated), 409, cf.KM. 99, 108, 117). Extremely fine or better and all very scarce. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, Murshidabad Mint, 1793 Second Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Copies of Standard Silver Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), rupees struck in good to base silver (4), all Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with Privy mark for Murshidabad and with vertical graining, and plain milling, another plated example of Farrukhabad rupee year 45, straight milling, (cf.P.326, Pr. 408, 409, cf.425 and another variant, cf.KM.70, 108, 117). One mounted, otherwise fine - extremely fine, scarce, two san 19 with unpublished legends. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, New Calcutta Mint, 1830-1833 Fourth Milled issue, Perpetual 19 san sicca series, Standard Silver Currency, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), silver rupee, Regnal Year 19 (fixed), with Privy mark for New Calcutta mint of a crescent, plain edge, (KM.117). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, copper pice, (copperoons), issued under Charles II, all of 1674 or 1678 type, on dumpy flans and mostly lacking outer legends, (Pr.81-7). Good - fine. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60