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Auction 268 8-9 Feb 2023
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E.I.C. Bengal Presidency
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: First phase, silver Sixteenth-Rupee in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1[-]h, yrs 17/27 [1785-6], sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], fish and sun symbols, differentiating or darogah mark E, rev. zarb muhammadabad banaras sanah 27 julus maimanat manus [struck at Muhammadabad Benares in the 27th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.72g/9h (Prid. 284 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.134c [darogah mark E]; KM. 32 [date not listed]). Good very fine, extremely rare £200-£300
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East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Benares Mint: First phase, silver Sixteenth-Rupee in the name of 'Shah 'Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1[-]h, yrs 17/27 [1785-6], sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], fish and sun symbols, differentiating or darogah mark E, rev. zarb muhammadabad banaras sanah 27 julus maimanat manus [struck at Muhammadabad Benares in the 27th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.72g/9h (Prid. 284 [not in Sale]; Stevens 7.134c [darogah mark E]; KM. 32 [date not listed]). Good very fine, extremely rare £200-£300
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