Catalogue
Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161), (A.D.1719-1748), round Gold mohur, (10.87 grams), struck at Shahjahanabad Dar-ul-Khilafat (Delhi), mint, issued A.H. [1152] (A.D. 1739), Regnal year 21, obv. Muhammad Shah name at top, date upper right, rev. mint name at top, Regnal year lower left, (KM. 439.4). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $520
Shah Alam II, (A.H.1173-1221) (A.D. 1759-1806), silver rupees, Shahjahanabad mint, 1188/16, 1188/18, 1197/25 (5), (KM.709). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
India, copper of the Sultanates, Mughal rulers and various native states, an interesting unsorted lot. Fair - very fine. (Approx. 150)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Madras Presidency, European Style Coinages, Second Issue, 1808, silver quarter pagoda, obv. Gopuram of a temple with 9 stars each side, around in English QUARTER PAGODA, in letters without stops, large buckled garter below, partly filled, rev. deity Vishnu standing surrounded by dotted circles, ribbon ending in star, in native text 'half a flower (or star) pagoda', with dots continuing under legs of Vishnu, (as illustrated in Pridmore), (Pr.173, KM.352). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Madras Presidency, European Style Coinages, Issues, 1808-1815, modern gold two pagodas, (5.966 grams), obv. Gopuram of a temple with 9 stars each side, around in English, TWO PAGODAS, rev. deity Vishnu standing surrounded by dotted circles, in native text of Tamil and Telugu 'two pagodas', (Pr.146, KM.358). Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
Madras Presidency, five cash 1803 (3), (KM.317); ten cash 1808 (KM.319); Bombay Presidency, quarter anna 1832/AH1247 (KM.231.1), 1833/AH 1249 (KM.234); British India, quarter anna 1858 (KM.463.1); 1/12 anna 1835 (KM.445); normal issue 1862 quarter anna (KM.467), 1/12 anna 1862 (KM.465); Straits Settlements, half cent 1845 (KM.2). Last coin scarce, mostly very fine - extremely fine 1835 issue with mint bloom. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint type, gold mohur, in name of Shah Alam II, (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), (10.80 grams), Year 31, AH [1202] this off the flan, (Pr. -, KM. 31). Has been mounted and made round, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint type, gold mohur, in name of Shah Alam II, (A.H.1173-1221, A.D.1759-1806), (10.85 grams), Year 31, AH 1202, (Pr. -, KM. 31). Has been mounted and made round, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Bengal Presidency, Mohammadabad Banaras mint, various dates 1198 17/26 (9), 1199 17/26 (3), (KM.40) (12); Madras Presidency, Arkot mint, silver rupee in name of Alamgir II Regal year 6, issued 1759, visible on most examples (KM.384, Pr.140) (7); another Mughal, Muhammad Shah, (A.H. 1131-1161), (A.D. 1719-1748), silver rupee, Kora mint RY 13, (KM.436.39). Very fine. (20)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint Coinage, First period, 1806-1819, silver rupee, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, with frozen Regnal Year 45, with privy marks for Farrukhabad, edge grained to right, issued 1806, (Pr.314, KM.69) (5); others (20) with vertical milling (1820-1831) (Pr.318, KM.70). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint Coinage, First period, 1806-1819, silver rupee, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, with frozen Regnal Year 45, with privy marks for Farrukhabad, edge grained to right, issued 1806, (Pr.314, KM.69) (5); others (20) with vertical milling (1820-1831) (Pr.318, KM.70). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint Coinage, First period, 1806-1819, silver rupee, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, with frozen Regnal Year 45, with privy marks for Farrukhabad, edge grained to right, issued 1806, (Pr.314, KM.69) (8); others (17) with vertical milling (1820-1831) (Pr.318, KM.70). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint Coinage, First period, 1806-1819, silver rupee, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, with frozen Regnal Year 45, with privy marks for Farrukhabad, edge grained to right, issued 1806, (Pr.314, KM.69) (5); others (20) with vertical milling (1820-1831) (Pr.318, KM.70). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Bombay Presidency, Machine struck issue, Surat Mint type, but struck at Calcutta 1823-1824, in the name of Shah Alam II (A.H.1173-1221, A.D. 1759-1806), Regnal Year 46, with complete impression of die and the date A.H.1215 (A.D. 1800) (2) (KM.223); Madras Presidency, 1817-1835, Third European Style Coinage, in the name of 'Alamgir II (A.H.1167-1173, A.D. 1754-1759), Struck at Madras 1817-1835, closed lotus type, silver rupee, half rupee, and 1/16th rupee, impressed with the mint name Arkat, with frozen date, A.H.1172, Regnal Year 6, edge with centre graining to left, (KM.411, 414, 415); Queen Victoria, rupee 1840 continuous legend, plain truncation, (KM.457); copper twelfth anna 1835, (KM.445). Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
French India, Silver Rupee, in the name of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), Murshidabad mint but struck at Chandernagar, A.H. 115X (1739), regnal year 21 (KM.8, KM.436.46). Good fine and very rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Portuguese India, eighth tanga, 1881, 1884, 1886, quarter tanga, 1881 (2), 1884, 1886 (2), half rupia, 1882, rupia 1881 (KM 307, 308, 311, 312). Nearly fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Portuguese India, twelfth tanga (3), eighth tanga (2), one quarter tanga and half tanga, 1901 (KM13-16). Some with mint red, extremely fine - uncirculated. (78)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Arakan, Sanda Thudhamma, (BE 1014-1047; A.D. 1652-1685), silver tankas (4), BE 1014 (KM.13). Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Assam, Shiva Simha, (1715-1744), gold quarter mohurs, dated year 24 in the name of Queen Ambika, (KM.96). All will possible mount mark on one edge, otherwise very fine and an unlisted date for this denomination. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Bahawalpur, Sir Sadiq Mohammad Khan V, (1907-1947), Silver Pattern Rupee, 11.80 grams, A.H. 1343 = (1924-5), obv. toughra, rev. crescent and star, (KM 14 var). Toned, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Cooch Behar, Nara Narayan, (SE 1477-1509, A.D. 1555-1587), rupees SE1477, (1555), obv. and rev. Bengali script in four lines, broad flans, (KM. 34). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Cooch Behar, Nara Narayan, (SE 1477-1509, A.D. 1555-1587), rupees SE1477, (1555), obv. and rev. Bengali script in four lines, dumpy flans, (KM. 34). Very fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Gwalior, Baija Rao as regent for Jankoji Rao, (A.H. 1243-1249, A.D. 1827-1833), in name of Muhammad shah (A.H. 1131-1161, A.D. 1719-1748), Lashkar mint, gold mohur, year 2 (c.1828), (KM. 133). Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $480
Jodhpur, Umaid Singh (VS 1975-2004, A.D. 1918-1947) and King George V, gold quarter mohur, (2.77 grams), Jodhpur mint, with shri daroga mark, date off flan, c.1918-1935 A.D., (KM.127.2). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $300
Jodhpur, Umaid Singh, (VS 1975-2004, A.D. 1918-1947), Jodhpur mint, gold mohur, (11.00 grams), in the name of George V, 1918-1936, (KM.129). Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Kishangarh, Madan Singh (A.H. 1318-1345, A.D. 1900-1926), or later, anonymous issues silver rupee, not dated, obv, legend in Nagari "Chandi" = silver, (KM. Y.12). Fine - extremely fine, rare. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Kutch, silver koris of Desalji I (1719-1752) - Rayadhanji II (1778-1814). Mostly very fine or better. (40)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Mysore, Tipu Sultan, (A.H.1197-1202, A.D. 1782-1787), gold fanams, Patan mint, A.H.1197 = A.D. 1782-3, 1200 (retrograde date) = A.D. 1785-6, (KM.128.1); another Patan mint, not dated, obv. elephant right, (cf.M.975), another anonymous issue fanam, nd, Mysore mint, (2) (KM.212, M.1027, M.1800-1802a), and a gold pagoda anonymous type, nd, Mysore mint, (KM.210). Mostly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Rohilkhand, Zabita Khan, (1770-1774), gold mohur (10.84 grams), in the name of Shah Alam II, Najibabad mint, dated regal year 13 (1772 AD), obv. legend with titles of Shah Alam and AH date (off flan), rev. legend with titles, regnal year of Shah Alam, trisul mintmark and mint, (KM. 100). Mint state, fully lustrous, uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $700
Rohilkhand, Zabita Khan, (1770-1774), gold mohur (10.81 grams), in the name of Shah Alam II, Najibabad mint, dated regal year 13 (1772 AD), obv. legend with titles of Shah Alam and AH date (off flan), rev. legend with titles, regnal year of Shah Alam, trisul mintmark and mint, (KM. 100). Mint state, fully lustrous, uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600