BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: William & Mary, 1689-1694, AR rupee (11.36g), Mumbai, year 4, Stv-1.25, KM-148.2. Prid--, with the names of the King & Queen in Persian on obverse, 2 small testmarks, lightly cleaned, choice VF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. The numeral 4 takes different forms, with the numeral 4 either straight up, or lying on its back, as on this piece. There has been speculation that this may be an earlier form of numeral 5, but this form for the number 5 had not been used for about 200 years.
Estimate: 1,500-1,700 GBP