INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bombay Presidency. 1662-1835. AV Panchia – Third Mohur (14mm, 3.86 g, 10h). Surat mint, but struck at Bombay. Dated RY 4[6] of Shah Alam II (Struck 1825-1831). [sikka mubara]/k [ba]dshah gh[az]/i/[shah alam] (the auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam); privy mark 5 above shah / z[arb surat sanah 4[6] julus maiman[at manu]s (struck at Surat in the 46th year of the prosperous reign); trace of star to left. CEEIC 3.10; Pridmore 267; KM 247. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6381622-055, graded MS 61. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 526 (erroneously illustrated as lot 527); H. M. Lingford Collection; Dr. A.N. Brushfield Collection (Part V, Glendining, 2 November 1949), lot 3.
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