Indian Numsimatic Gallery

  Mughal ; Muhammad Akbar II, 1st reign, 1788, AR rupee Saharanpur, AH1203 year one (ahad), KM-760, RRR, Exceedingly Rare Note : After the Maratha occupation of Delhi, Shah Alam II was expelled, replaced first by Bedar Bakht. Very soon thereafter, under the domination of the Rohilla Chieftain Ghulam Qadir, Bedar Bakht was replaced by Muhammad Akbar, then about 28 years old. However, very shortly afterwards, Ghulam Qadir was captured by Mahadaji Sindhia, who reinstated Shah Alam II to the Mughal throne in Delhi. Obv : Muhammad Akbar II and date (KM 760; only a couple of specimens are known, see The New York Sale XXV, January 2011, lot 381 and Baldwin’s Auction 45, 2006, lot 1341). Note : The Hijra year 1203 was a period of turmoil and change for the Indian Emperors. It saw the rule of Delhi changing from the hands of Shah Alam II to Bedar Bakht, from Bedar Bakht to Muhammad Akbar II and from Muhammad Akbar II to Shah Alam II again. The young Prince Akbar II was enthroned by the Rohilla

  East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Silver rupee, Dar al-Sarur Saharanpur ( Full mint ) ; INO Shah Alam II, AH (1)217/RY 44, Weight : 11.08 Grams ; Broad flan Extremely fine, Very rare *** Local issue under General Perron for Sindhiya, identified by the mark of dot in the circle *** Note : Saharanpur was ceded to the East India Company in 1803 from the Sindhia Marathas, and the mint was permanently closed in or shortly before September 1805 ; Flag like symbol in seen of Jalus along with another mint mark ( a dot within circle ) above manmiat . https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Awadh State ; Wajid Ali Shah ; Ex. Rare 1/8 Silver Rupee; Mint : Bait-us-Saltanat Mulk Awadh Akhtarnagar Lakhanu ; Obv: “tayid elah zille haq” couplet, Rev: sana julus zarb at bottom ; Weight : 1.43 Gms ; 1271 AH / RY 3 ; https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Ancient ; Gupta Dynasty ; Narasimhagupta (Baladitya) (510-530 CE), Gold Dinar, "Archer" type, Obv: the king standing facing left, nimbate, holding a longbow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, a Garuda standard in the left field, the Brahmi legend “Nara" below the king's arm and the letter "Gre" between king's feet, Rev: the goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, facing forward and seated in the padmasana posture on a lotus, holding a diadem in her right hand and a lotus in her left hand, whose stem is coming from inside the hand resting on her thigh, a tamgha in the left field (Variant of Altekar. Bayana Hoard # Pl. XXXII- 5/TGE, S. Kumar # Class. I) Extremely Rare ; Weight : 9.54 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Ancient : Guptas, Skandagupta (c. 455-480 AD), Madhyadehsa type, Silver Drachma, Obv: Bust of king facing to right side, Rev: Garuda with wings outstretched in centre, and around Brahmi legend 'Vijitavaniravanipati jayati divam Skandaguptoyam'. S. Kumar # TOTGE, pp. 354. About Very Fine, Rare Weight : 2.36 Grams Note : Hard to get full die struck coin with complete legend and date . https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Indo Greek ; Hippostratos, Extremely Rare Silver tetradrachm ; Weight: 9.27 Grams ; Diameter: 30 mm approx. Bare-headed, diademed bust of king right, Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / IΠΠOΣTPATOY(Basileos Megalou Soteros Hippostratou ... of King Hippostratos, the great, the saviour) King mounted on horse walking right, monogram at right, Kharoshthi letters left and below ; Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa tratarasa mahatasa jayamtasa / hipustratasa Reference: MIG 445 var, Bop 7 var Note : Here the horse on the reverse is walking, not prancing. Neither Mitchiner nor Bopearachchi list coins with this particular Kharoshthi letter below the horse. Hippostratus (Ancient Greek:'ITtóo Tpatoç, romanized: Hippostratos, meaning "army of horses") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled central and north- western Punjab and Pushkalavati.Bopearachchi dates Hippostratus to 65 to 55 BCE whereas R. C.Senior suggests 60 to 50 BCE. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/