Triton XXVII - Session 4
Date: 2024-01-09 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 4 . 1131
GERMANY, Pommern (Swedish Occupation). Karl XII. King of Sweden, 1697-1718. AR Riksdaler (44mm, 29.34 g, 12h). Stettin mint. Dated 1709 (in Roman numerals). Draped and cuirassed bust right / Crowned lion rampant right, head left, holding sword over shoulder; to right, large lighted candle decorated with palm fronds. Delzanno 283; AAJ 237; Davenport 1872; KM –. Toned, flan flaw, a few faint hairlines and minor marks. EF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased June 1984.
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GERMANY, Sachsen (Duchy & Electorate). Friedrich III der Weise (the Wise). 1486-1525. AR Guldengroschen (49mm, 28.70 g, 12h). Hall mint. Struck 1512. Armored bust right, wearing embroidered cap; four coats-of-arms in legends / Nimbate eagle facing with wings spread, head left. Keilitz 70.2; Schnee 37; Merseburger 417; Davenport 9699. Richly toned, slight double strike in legends and minor marks in obverse fields. Near EF. A magnificent, high-relief portrait coin of the German Renaissance. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Künker 346 (28 January 2021), lot 294; Künker 316 (31 January 2019), lot 379.
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GERMANY, Sachsen (Duchy & Electorate [Albertine line]). Johann Georg II. Elector, 1656-1680. AR Taler Klippe (47x48mm, 29.27 g, 3h). Commemorating the marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie to Christian Ernst. Dresden mint. Dated 1662. Hands emerging from clouds crowning with wreath a monument decorated with two coats-of-arms, joined by hanging garlands to two garlanded pillars on either side, one surmounted by a pair of wings, the other a pair of doves; radiate name of God above; ornate coats-of-arms in corners / Legend in nine lines; ornate coats-of-arms in corners. Clauss & Kahnt 511; Schnee 914; Davenport 7631; KM 500. Wonderful old cabinet toning, very minor edge marks. Near EF. Ex Johns Hopkins University Collection (Part II, Leu & Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 1398; Hall Collection, 128.
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HUNGARY, Kingdom of Hungary. Sigismund. 1387-1437. AV Florin – Goldgulden (21mm, 3.62 g, 9h). Buda mint. Struck 1399. Coat-of-arms / St. Ladislaus I standing facing, holding ax and globus cruciger; m A across field. Lengyel 17/6; Huszár 572; Friedberg 9. In NGC encapsulation 6864695-017, graded MS 61. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Square Mohur (21x20mm, 12.75 g, 3h). Sawai (Heavy) issue. Lahore mint. Dually dated AH 1015 and RY 2 (1607). ruya zar ra sakht noorani mihr-o-mah; AH date to left / shah nur al-din jahangir ebn akbar padshah RY date above Akbar. Liddle Type G-43; BM 294 var. (dates); IMC (Wright) –; Hull 1502; KM 184.1. In NGC encapsulation 6865298-001, graded XF Details, rev damage. Schroff mark. Very rare. This handsome coin was struck as a presentation piece. Jahangir issued both round and square heavy mohurs during the early years of his reign, before they were replaced by standard weight issues during his sixth year. The couplet on the obverse translates as 'He made the face of money to shine with the hues of sun and moon.'
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.81 g, 1h). So-called "Bacchanalian" type. Ajmer mint. Dually dated AH 1023 and RY 9 (11 February – 14/23 October AD 1614). shabih-e hazrat Shah Jahangir (The likeness of majesty Shah Jahangir) in Persian to left, qaza-e bar sikka zar kard tasvir (Destiny on gold coin did portray) in Persian to right, radiate Jahangir cross-legged left on ornate throne against patterned cushion holding flower or goblet / huruf-e Jahangir wah allahu Akbar (The letters of Jahangir and Allahu Akbar) in Persian above, za ruz awal dar a'dad shud brabar (from first day to last number becomes equal) in Persian below, central radiate sun within pelleted quadrate border with upper and lower lines extending to create additional side panels; zarb Ajmer (struck Ajmer) in Persian and AH date in left panel, mu'aiyan ba 9 sanat (equal to regnal year 9) in Persian and AH date in right. Liddle Type G-38; BM 319-21; IMC (Wright) –; Hull 1423-4; Zeno 161343 = Adams III, lot 2398 (same dies, but later die state); KM 179.6; Friedberg 76; Zeno 209176 = Album 32, lot 1866 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 4660932-001, graded XF 40. Toned. Very rare portrait issue. Given that Jahangir was a celebrated patron of the arts, it is not surprising that he should have taken a strong interest in the coins struck during his reign. But this remarkable mohur represents an astonishing departure from established norms and conventions, and was clearly a source of controversy at the time. Not only does it bear the image of the emperor himself, but he is shown holding a wine-cup, and it is not hard to see why the devout might have felt sufficiently scandalized as to describe these portrait mohurs as 'Bacchanalian'. The obverse portrays Jahangir, seated cross-legged on his throne, nimbate and holding up a wine cup. In the center of the reverse is the radiant sun, said to represent the month of Jahangir's birth, with the mint and date to the left, and the regnal year to the right. Divided between obverse and reverse is a Persian couplet, engraved in calligraphy of the finest style, which was translated by Stanley Lane-Poole as: Destiny has drawn on money of gold The portrait of his Majesty Shah Jahangir The letters of Jahangir and Allahu Akbar Are equal in value from the beginning of time. According to Arabic numerology, the values of both Jahangar and Allahu Akbar are identical, with both equating to 292. Jahangir himself makes mention of this in his Memoirs, relating that he was told of this equivalence by a holy man who came to visit his court at Ajmer. 'Considering this a good omen,' Jahangir wrote, 'I gave the discoverer of this coincidence land, a horse, cash, and clothing.' While struck to the weight of standard currency mohurs, it seems clear that these beautiful coins were intended as presentation pieces. According to contemporary historical sources, Jahangir ordered that they were to be presented to favored ministers, servants and eminent visitors to the Mughal court. Jahangir's own courtiers and attendants were even instructed to wear these coins, prominently displayed on their clothing or on their turban sash, both as a mark of their status and also as a life-preserving amulet.
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (21.5mm, 10.74 g, 12h). Zodiac Type (month of Ardibihisht), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1030 and RY 16 (22 April-21 May AD 1621). Constellation of Tora/Vrishabha (Taurus the Bull): zebu standing right; radiate sun behind / zar zewar dar Agra ruye yaft az Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah (Received ornament on gold at Agra from Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) in Persian verse; RY and AH dates to left. Liddle Type G-78 (same dies as illustration); BM 327-8; IMC (Wright) 572-3; Adams III, lot 2400 (same obv. die); Hull 1383; KM 180.5; Friedberg 763. Lightly toned, traces of deposits in devices, evidence of having been mounted. VF. Ex Spink USA 355 (19 January 2020), lot 264; Album FPL 160 (April 2000), no. 41.
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.72 g, 12h). Zodiac Type (month of Ardibihisht), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1030 and RY 16 (22 April-21 May AD 1621). Constellation of Tora/Vrishabha (Taurus the Bull): zebu standing right; radiate sun behind / zar zewar dar Agra ruye yaft az Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah (Received ornament on gold at Agra from Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) in Persian verse; RY and AH dates to left. Liddle Type G-78; BM 327-8; IMC (Wright) 572-3; Adams III, lot 2400 (same dies); Hull 1383; KM 180.5; Friedberg 763. Toned with iridescence. In NGC encapsulation 6866422-001, graded VF Details, edge damage.
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.82 g, 6h). Zodiac Type (month of Khurdad), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1029 and RY 15 (22 May-21 June AD 1620). Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna (Gemini the Twins): pair of nude twins embracing, right twin raising left leg slightly; radiate sun behind / zar zewar dar Agra ruye yaft az Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah (Received ornament on gold at Agra from Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) in Persian verse; partial AH and RY dates to left. Liddle Type G-83; BM 330; IMC (Wright) 575; Adams III, lot 2401 (same dies, but later die state); Hull 1385 and 1387; KM 180.6; Friedberg 764. Light orange toning. In NGC encapsulation 6866428-001, graded XF 45. Bold detail to twins. One of the rarest and most desirable types in the Zodiac series. Before this, the rule of the coinage was that on the face of the metal they stamped my name, and on the reverse the name of the place and the year of the reign. At this time it entered my mind that in place of the month they should substitute the figure of the constellation which belonged to that month...in each month that was struck, the figure of the constellation was to be on one face, as if the sun was emerging from it. The Memoirs of Jahangir [Tuzk-e Jahangiri] (Entry for 20 March 1619) It was the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605) who established the Din-e Ilahi (literally, 'Faith of God'), a syncretic belief system that incorporated elements of the different faiths in his empire. From the twenty-ninth year of his reign, Akbar began to use a new system of dating called the Ilahi Era, based on a solar, rather than lunar, calendar with the year divided into twelve Ilahi months. Jahangir (1605-1628), Akbar's son and immediate successor, continued to use the Ilahi Era, and struck coins which featured designs appropriate to this new system of dating. These include his celebrated Zodiac series, bearing representations of each of the twelve constellations of the Zodiac on the reverse. Since the Ilahi months were solar months and corresponded with the solar ecliptic (an imaginary line in the sky that marks the annual path of the sun), each month was represented by an appropriate sign of the Zodiac, recording its particular month of issue.
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AR Half Rupee (18mm, 5.62 g, 8h). Zodiac Type (month of Tir), Class A. Ahmadabad mint. Dually dated [AH 1027] and RY 13 (22 June-23 July AD 1618). Constellation of Karkata/Kalakang (Cancer the Crab): crab, seen from above; radiate sun behind; stars flanking lower legs; sanat 13 (regnal year 13) in Persian in exergue / zar zewar dar Ahmadabad ruye yaft az Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah; [AH date in exergue]. Liddle Type S-183 (this coin illustrated); BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; SACPM (KM) –. In NGC encapsulation 6865281-001, graded XF Details, damaged. Small test mark on edge and minor schroff mark on reverse. Of the highest rarity. Jahangir's Zodiac coins were struck in both gold and silver, and his half-rupees are the rarest denomination of all. The piece offered here, which is the example illustrated by Liddle, is understood to be only the second Zodiac half-rupee to be offered at public auction in over twenty years.
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INDIA, Princely States. Baroda. Pratap Singh. VS 1995-2008 / AD 1938-1951. Restrike AV Mohur (21mm, 6.32 g, 12h). Coronation issue. Baroda mint. Dated VS 1995 (AD 1938). Bust right, wearing royal headdress with ornaments; śrīmat pratap singh maharaja gaikwar (Highness Pratap Singh Mahaaaja Gaikwar) in Nagari around / Baroda/1 Mohur in Nagari; below, scimitar left and 1995 in Nagari; all within wreath. KM (Y) 41; Friedberg 1041 (529a); Adams III, lot 2418. Lightly toned, proof like fields, light marks and hints of die rust, edge marks. EF.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Sixteenth Mohur (8mm, 0.68 g, 1h). In the name of 'Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / 1754-1759). Mint (possibly Calcutta) off flan. Dated RY 4 (1757/8). [sikka mubarak badsha]h gh[azi 'alamgir] / [zarb [––] sanah] 4 [julus maimanat manus]. Cf. CEEIC 2.5 (for denomination); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-016, graded MS 65. Apparently unique. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection, purchased in London, 1982.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Mohur (19.5mm, 11.65 g, 6h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad mint. Dually dated AH 1180 and RY 8 (1766/7). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 8 julus maimanat manus; C to right of RY. CEEIC 2.7 = Pridmore 15 = KM A94 = Friedberg 1526 (this coin illustrated). Once gilt and lightly polished, attractive orange toning. VF. An apparently unique coin of great interest and importance. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 569, purchased from Spink, May 1983; Singapore 24 (27 February 1997), lot 640; Adolphe Menjou Collection (Kreisberg & Schulman 1, 25 January 1957), lot 1587; R. D. Wills Collection (Glendining, 6 December 1938), lot 212.The large C prominently displayed on the reverse of this exceedingly rare Mohur may indicate that it was part of a special issue authorized by the English government in Calcutta. Paul Stevens writes 'another possible interpretation is that the letter C was the initial letter of Robert Clive, the Governor of Calcutta at the time.'
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Half Mohur (20mm, 5.84 g, 11h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1182 and RY 10 (March-May 1769). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus. CEEIC 2.34; Pridmore 40; Johnston 29; cf. KM 92 (AV half mohur). In NGC encapsulation 6382529-002, graded PF 63. A superb coin. Struck from dies of exceptional workmanship. Richly toned and much as made. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; D. Fore Collection (Part II, Baldwin's 82, 31 May 2013), lot 890.While Shah 'Alam's tenth regnal year commenced during the year 1768, approval for the striking of these half-mohurs was not issued until March 1769. This extremely rare pattern can therefore be dated to a short window between March and May 1769, when production began.
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INDIA, British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. Proof AR Sixteenth Mohur (13mm, 0.74 g, 9h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1183 and RY 10 (May-August 1769). sikka shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 10 . CEEIC 2.52; Pridmore 56; cf. KM 87. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-002, graded PF 63. Deep cabinet tone with flashes of underlying brilliance. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; D. Fore Collection (Part II, Baldwin's 82, 31 May 2013), lot 894.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Double Rupee (34mm, 23.51 g, 6h). Prinsep's coinage. In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Pulta) mint. Triply dated AH 1198, RY 26 of Shah Alam II, and 1784. sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah 1198 / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY 1784 (six-ray star stops). CEEIC 3.1; Pridmore 346; KM Pn9. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6382530-002, graded PF 63. A most impressive coin. A great rarity of the Indian series. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 674.John Prinsep (1748-1830) was the son of an Oxfordshire vicar. Seeing few opportunities for advancement in England, he joined the East India Company as a cadet, landing in Bombay in 1771. It appears that the young Prinsep soon decided to abandon his army career in favour of the commercial opportunities India offered him; he never joined the Company's army and resigned his commission in 1772. Having worked for several London cloth merchants before leaving for India, Prinsep soon became involved in the East India Company's cotton trade. In 1779, Prinsep began to cultivate and manufacture indigo in Nilgang, and while it appears this venture was profitable from the outset, events on the other side of the world would lead to Prinsep making his fortune. During the second half of the eighteenth century, one of the main sources of indigo was the plantations of South Carolina, so that indigo dye accounted for more than one-third of the value of all exports from the American colonies. The outbreak of the American War of Independence disrupted this trade at exactly the moment when Prinsep began producing indigo at Nilgang, allowing Indian producers to take control of this highly lucrative market. Following the discovery of copper mines at Rotasgarh, in 1780 Prinsep secured a contract to strike copper coins at a mint which he established in Pulta. In 1784, Prinsep tried to persuade the Calcutta Board to let him issue a new silver and gold coinage for Bengal, pointing out that the equipment in use at his new mint in Pulta was superior to what was then in use at the Calcutta mint. Following the resignation in January 1785 of the Calcutta mint master, James Paxton, it appears that Prinsep produced a small number of pattern coins dated 1784, including the present piece. Prinsep sent these to the Court of Directors in London in an attempt to persuade them to appoint him as the new mint master, but was unsuccessful. This setback hardly hindered Prinsep, however, who returned to England in 1788 having amassed a colossal fortune. He went on to pursue an active political career, including serving as MP for Queenborough from 1802-6, before his death at an advanced age in 1830.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Rupee (27mm, 11.32 g, 6h). Prinsep's coinage. In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Pulta) mint. Triply dated AH 1198, RY 26 of Shah Alam II, and 1784. sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah 1198 / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY 1784 (six-ray star stops). CEEIC 4.122; Pridmore 355; KM Pn14. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6382529-001, graded PF 63. Crisply struck. Deeply toned with flashes of underlying brilliance. A beautiful coin of the highest rarity. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; Sir John Wheeler Collection (Baldwin's 22, 2 May 2000), lot 172, purchased from Spink, October 1989.The provenance of this coin prior to 1989 is not known, but there is a possibility that it could be the same specimen included within the Montagu (lot 89), Murdoch (lot 75) and Caldecott (lot 93) collections, which was the only specimen known to James Atkins.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. CU Pattern Half Anna – Madosie (28mm, 14.20 g, 6h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Pulta) mint. Dually dated AH 1195 and RY 22 (December 1780-April 1781). shah alam badshah 1195; large star above; small star below / sanah 22 julus, five stars around. Edge: plain. CEEIC 3.7 = E. Wodak, "John Prinsep's Copper Coins for Bengal– 2," Spink Numismatic Circular LXVI.3 (March 1958), fig. 2 (this coin illustrated); Pridmore –; KM –. Iridescent brown surfaces with hints of red, traces of hard green. Much as struck. Very rare. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; D. Fore Collection (Part II, Baldwin's 82, 31 May 2013), lot 886, purchased from Spink, 1997; C. E. Pitchfork Collection (Part III, Noble 48, 11 July 1995), lot 2135, purchased c. 1970-1971; E. Wodak Collection.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Half Mohur (19mm, 6.16 g, 11h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1200 and RY 19 (1785/6). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. CEEIC 2.36 (this coin referenced); Pridmore –; KM 101. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-018, graded AU Details, bent. Very minor bend to flan. Toned with underlying luster. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection. Ex Sir John Wheeler Collection (Baldwin's 22, London, 2 May 2000), lot 131; A Parcel of East India Company Issues for Bengal (Glendining, 3 October 1988), lot 487.
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AR Pattern Mohur or Rupee (27mm, 12.44 g, 12h). Second milled issue. In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dated RY 19 of Shah Alam II (1793). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: plain. CEEIC 3.2; Pridmore 347; KM Pn8. In NGC encapsulation 6382526-044, graded PF 63. Small tone spot in center of reverse. Mirror like fields. Rare. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection, purchased from Spink, May 1983; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 679 (part of).
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INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Mohur (22mm, 6.19 g, 12h). Second milled issue. Murshidabad (Patna) mint. Dually dated AH 1202 and RY 19 of Shah Alam II (Struck 1793-1818). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah; no secret marks / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. Edge: /////. CEEIC 5.31 (this coin referenced); Pridmore 69 (Dacca); cf. KM 111. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-019, graded MS 64. A highly lustrous coin. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; Sir John Wheeler Collection (Baldwin's 22, 2 May 2000), lot 136, purchased from Spink, February 1977.