Indian Numsimatic Gallery

  HINDU COINS OF MEDIEVAL INDIA ;  Yadavas of Devagiri,   Ramachandra Deva ,   RARE Gold Padma Tanka , Five punches, lotus in centre, Shankha, Nagari legend Sri Rama , two punches of Shri in Kannada script (Mitch K&A 289) Weight : 3.70 Grams Note : Central punch of an eight-petalled Lotus flower (hence called Padma Tanka) with additional 4-punches around commencing from 12 'O' clock, "Sri Rama" (in Nagari script, with a double bladed spear / javelin below the name), "Sri", "Conch" and "Sri". The central punch on the 'Padmatanka' coins represents a Lotus flower (Padma = Lotus, Tanka = Stamp or Punch) with its 8 outstretched petals representing  "Asth-lakshmi"  or the eight primary forms of the Goddess Lakshmi viz. Adi  - One with Supreme Dhanya  - Harvest Dhairya  - Inner Strength and Patience Gaja  - Elephant - wisdom Santan  - Child Vijay  - Victory Dhana  - Wealth; and Vidya  - Knowledge "Sri" is both an

  PRINCELY STATE - KASHMIR Rare Silver Rupee, Srinagar Mint, JHS (KM Y16a). Broad flan with trident mark on reverse. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Pre-Islamic Bengal-Samatata region,  Gold dinar of Rajabhata of Khadga dynasty (c.675-700 AD), ECB SAM16.1,  Weight : 5.74 Grams Obv: Stylized representation of 'archer' king holding bow and arrow in each hand, 'Shankha' standard in the backdrop; Brahmi letter Shri to the left of the head and legend Raja/Bhata in two lines below the bow.  Rev: Stylized representation of goddess, facing right making a gesture of reassurance, with curved lines (drapery?) behind her back; traces of crude inscription to right. Extremely fine, Rare.

  Mughal ; Jahandar Shah (1712-1713 AD), VERY Rare silver rupee, Akbarnagar mint, AH 1124 /RY Ahd, # KM 363.3a, Weight : 11.59 Grams ; Sahib Qiran Type

  Delhi Sultanate, Suri Dynasty, Sher Shah Suri (AH 945-952/1538-1545 AD), Malot Mint (at the top), Very Rare Silver Rupee, AH 950, Obv: Arabic legend The Kalima Shahada within a circle, the four Caliphs'names, 'al-sultan-ul-adil'& 'ZARB MALOT'completely visible at the top in margin, Rev: Arabic legend 'Sher Shah sultan khuld allahu mulkahu wa sultanahu'within a circle, 'Farid ud dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar'with Nagari legend 'sri ser sah'and 950 Hijri year in the margin, Weight : 11.48 Grams , 32.65mm, (G&G # D787),Centrally struck, Extremely fine, Very Rare.

  INDO - PORTUGUESE Goa, Maria I (1788-1799 AD), Silver Rupia, Weight : 10.75 Grams ; Obverse : diademed head to right, with date 1791 AD below, Error, an inverted A instead of V in RVPIA, Reverse : crowned arms (KM 201). Very Fine, Very Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Delhi Sultan ; Sher Shah Suri ; Silver Rupee ( Large Flan Size ) AH 950 ; Mintless Type ; GG D826 Note : Kalima in Reverse ;Obverse Legend, including name in Nagari "श्रीशेरशाह साही " ( Sri Sher Shah) with legend around outer circle including double heart symbol https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Delhi Sultan ; Sher Shah ; Rare Silver Rupee AH 948 ; Mintless Bengal Type ; Reference GG D819 https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Delhi Sultan ; Sher Shah Suri ; Silver Rupee Mintless type ; AH 950 ; G&G D825 Note : Two swastikas at 3 and 9’ o clock https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Mughal ; Shah Alam Bahadur ; UNC Gold Mohar ; RY 2 ; Weight : 11.01 Grams Mint : Daral Saroor Burhanpur ; https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Mughal ; Aurangzeb Alamgir ; Gold Mohar Mint : Surat ; 1090 AH / RY 23 Extremely Fine. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Mughal ; Jahandar Shah ; UNC Gold Mohar Mint : Khujista Buniyad ; 1124 AH / RY Ahad Abu ul Fath Couplet . https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  Delhi Sultan ; Khiljis, Silver Square Tanka Qutb al-Din Mubarak Shah (1316-1320 AD), Mint : Hadrat Dar al-Khilafa ; AH 719, G&G D261, Weight : 11.02 Grams Obv: Arabic legend Al-imam al a'zam khilafat rabb al-alamim qutab al-dunya wa al din abu Muzzafar Mubarak Shah. Rev: Arabic legend al-sultan ibn al sultan al-wathiq billah amir al-mu'minin, mint name and AH date in margins. Extremely fine, Very rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

  IPS ; Gwalior, Shahjahanpur   Mint,   Silver Rupee , 15 RY, In the name of  Shah Alam II, Obv:  Sikka Mubarak Badshah Ghazi Shah Alam, Rev:   Sana 15 julus,  Trishul mint mark &  Zarb Shahjahanpur at the bottom,   Weight : 11.10 Grams (Unlisted in major catalogs)   Extremely Fine, Extremely Rare. Note : This coin was struck in 1775 AD when it was under the control of Rohillas Sardar Dundey Khan Shahjahanpuri. After the battle of Miranpur Katra, the territory was annexed by Shuja’a ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh. The coin could have been issued by anyone of these two contenders. But this specimen bears a Trisul as a mint-mark, it is more likely to have been an issue of Awadh. There is also a possibility of Shahjahanpur is presently known as “Shajapur” and is located in central Madhya Pradesh. Shajapur named after the honor of Shahjahan the Mughal Emperor who halted here in 1640. It is said that the original name was Shahjahanpur, which subsequently reduces to Shajapur. This town was

  Mughal ; Shah Alam Bahadur, Silver Rupee, Khambayat Mint, AH 1119 / RY Ahd, Zafar word at top divider on rev. Very Rare. Note : The REV has the word  Zafar ظفر (victorious)  vs the standard 'maimanat' indicating victory of Shah Alam over his brother Azam Shah. Aurangzeb died 3 March 1707; AH1119 starts April 4 1707; Azam Shah killed at Jajau (between Gwalior & Agra) on 20 June 1707. The so called "Willed Plan" of leaving North India to Moazzam, Central India to Azam and South India (especially centered at Hyderabad & Bijapur) to Kam Bakhsh did not work out. The story that such a will was under the pillow of Alamgir MAY BE TRUE , because he issued orders just before his death, for Azam to move and take over Malwa, and Kam Bakhsh to take over Bijapur, but left Moazzam Bahadur stay put. These two princes had "Physically moved on these orders". Hence Khambayet issue is correct, issued after June 1707, but still in AH 1119. https://indiannumismaticgalle

Madras Presidency ; Rare Gold Pagoda ; BUNC ; 1808-1815 ; KM #356 ; Weight : 2.97 Grams Obverse: PAGODA in English and Persian on buckled garter around Gopuram Reverse: Value in Tamil and Telugu on ribbon around deity Vishnu https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/ 

Mughal ; Jahandar Shah, Silver Rupee, Mint : Surat ; AH 1124 / Ahd (1) RY, Weight : 11.51 Grams ; Abu al Fath type. Very Fine+, RARE https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/ 

Mughal; Jahangir; High Grade Ornamental Silver Rupee, Mint : Ahmednagar ( Full Mint ) , Kalima on obv. (KM 141.1). Extremely Fine. Weight : 11.36 Grams ; https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Indore State, Jaswant Rao (AH 1213-1226 /1798-1811 AD), Silver Nazarana Rupee, AH 1222, In the name of Muhammad Akbar II, Obv: Persian legend "zad sikka mubarak az arz ta ba Akhtar, saheb-e qiran sani Sultan Muhammad Akbar" with 1222 Hijri year within dotted border, Rev: Persian legend "Amanat az saheb-e-khilafat shud rafie, Maharaja Bahadur Jaswant Rao Holkar" & "zarb Indore" at the bottom, Weight : 14.58 Grams , 31.39mm,  About very fine, Very Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal : Alamgir II (1754-1759 AD), Scarce Silver rupee, RY 2 Mint : Dar ul-Khilafat ShahJahanabad ; 'Aziz ud-Din Alamgir' type, Weight : 11.29 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Assam, Silver, 1/2 Rupee, Rajeshwar Simha, Obv: Sri Sri Si / va Pada para / yanasya, Rev: Sri Sri Ra / jeswara Simha / Nripasya. A.Mitra 233. Weight : 5.72 Grams Extremely Fine+, Scarce. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Independent Kingdoms - Rohilkhand ; RARE Silver Rupee ; RY 10 Mint : Bisauli ( Full Mint ) , Weight : 11.23 Grams, Note : In the name of Shah Alam II, https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/ 

 I ndependent Kingdom : Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar III (1810-1868 AD), UNC Gold Pagoda, Weight : 3.56 Grams Obv: Shiva and Parvati seated facing forward, Shiva holds trident and damaru, Rev: Devanagari legend "Sri/Krishna Ra/ja", (Mitch # 1090), almost Uncirculated, Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/  

Ancient : Indo-Greeks of Baktria, Euthydemos I, c. 225-200 BC Dichalkon circa 225-200 Bc, Æ 5.59 Grams Bearded bust of Herakles r. Rev. Horse galloping r.; Greek legend above and below. HGC 12, 53; Kritt AK-1 https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Delhi Sultan ; Sher Shah Suri ; Silver Rupee ; Mint : Shergarh 948 AH ; High Grade Obv: “Sher Shah Sultan khuld allahu mulkahu wa sultanahu”, hijri date 948 & Nagari legend “sri ser sahi” within a square, Rev: Kalima Shahada on top in two lines, “sultan al adil” at bottom within a square & four khalifas name in margins, G&G # D809, https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Independent Kingdom : Mysore, Gold pagoda ; Haidar Ali (1761-1782 AD), KM 15 Weight : 3.43 Grams Obverse: Siva and Parvati seated facing; Siva holding trishul (trident) and mriga (deer) Reverse: Persian letter He (for Haidar) with a beautiful rosette within the curve of the letter Ref: MNI 971; MSI 1046-47; Henderson 1-2; KM 15 The Shiva-Parvati type of Haidar Ali imitated the coins of the Ikkeri Nayakas, whom he defeated in 1763. They were also the source of the gold that funded this coinage. By depicting Hindu deities on his coins, the new Muslim ruler was continuing a numismatic tradition that stretched back 400 years. The Vijayanagar kingdom had first placed Shiva-Parvati on its coins in the 14th century. A wonderful specimen sharply struck on a full flan. Note the beautiful rosette within the curve of He. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal : Farrukhsiyar ; High Grade Silver Rupee ; 1125 AH / RY 2 ; KM 377.27 Mint : Azamnagar Gokak ( Full Mint ) https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Pratbgarh State : Sawant Singh ; UNC Silver Rupee ; 1186 AH / RY 13 ; INO Shah Alam II Mint : Devgadh ( Full mint) Note : Very hard to get full mint specimen in such grade. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/ 

East India Company - Bengal Presidency ; RARE Silver Rupee, Mint : Muhammadabad Banaras ,AH 1229, RY 17 and 49 Weight : 11.29 Grams , INO Shah Alam II, , A complete horizontal fish and star on obv., Note : Oblique milling (Prid 289, Stevens 7.145, KM 42). https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal, Akbar (AH 963-1014, 1556-1605 AD), Silver Rupee, Weight : 11.42 Grams ; Berar Mint, Ilahi Month Ardibhisht , RY 4X Allah-hu-akbar, Jalle-Jalalhu type, A small bird to right under the mint name on rev. KM 93.6, Fine+, Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/