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Mughal ; Akbar (1556-1605 AD) ; Silver Rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Mihr 47, KM 94.2,

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  Mughal ; Akbar (1556-1605 AD) ; Silver Rupee, Ahmadabad mint, Mihr 47, KM 94.2, Obv: Jal Jalalhu Akbar Allah within in 4 pointed star. Rev: Zarb Ahmedabad Khurdad Ilahi 47 within 8 pointed star ; Rare Ornamnetal Issue Weight : 11.32 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Muhammad Akbar II, 1st reign, 1788, AR rupee Saharanpur, AH1203 year one (ahad), KM-760, RRR, Exceedingly Rare

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  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 Rohi...

East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Silver rupee, Dar al-Sarur Saharanpur ( Full mint ) ; INO Shah Alam II, AH (1)217/RY 44,

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  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 ;

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  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,

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  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,

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  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.

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  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/

Bengal Sultanate, Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Shah, Rare Second Reign (AH 821-836/837, 1418-1432/3 AD), Silver Tanka ; Weight : 10.56 gms, Mint : Dakhil Banzaliya ; 832 AH

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  Bengal Sultanate, Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Shah, Rare Second Reign (AH 821-836/837, 1418-1432/3 AD), Silver Tanka ; Weight : 10.56 gms, 30.81 mm, Mint : Dakhil Banzaliya ; 832 AH Double Tughra Type ( Tughra Calligraphy on both sides ) https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Independent Kingdom - Rohilkhand Nasrullah Khan, Very Rare Silver Rupee, Weight : 11.23 Grams Mint : Nasrullanagar ( Full Mint ) ,INO Shah Alam II, (KM 106).

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  Independent Kingdom - Rohilkhand Nasrullah Khan, Very Rare Silver Rupee, Weight : 11.23 Grams Mint : Nasrullanagar ( Full Mint ) ,INO Shah Alam II, (KM 106). https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Gwalior State ; Rare Silver Rupee, INO Shah Alam II, Mint : Burhanpur Dar ul Sarur ; AH 1218/ 40 RY, Weight : 11.67 Grams

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  Gwalior State ; Rare Silver Rupee, INO Shah Alam II, Mint : Burhanpur Dar ul Sarur ; AH 1218/ 40 RY, Weight : 11.67 Grams Note : With Dagger mint mark on  reverse.KM  38.2, Unlisted mint mark. Very Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Awadh State ; Extremely Rare Wajid Ali Shah Set of 4 different denomination ( Silver Rupee , 1/2 Rupee , 1/4 Rupee & 1/8 Rupee )

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  Awadh State ; Extremely Rare Wajid Ali Shah Set of 4 different denomination ( Silver Rupee , 1/2 Rupee , 1/4 Rupee & 1/8 Rupee ) https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Awadh State ; Wajid Ali Shah ; Ex. Rare 1/4 Silver Rupee; Mint : Bait-us-Saltanat Mulk Awadh Akhtarnagar Lakhanu ; 1265 AH / ;

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  Awadh State ; Wajid Ali Shah ; Ex. Rare 1/4 Silver Rupee; Mint : Bait-us-Saltanat Mulk Awadh Akhtarnagar Lakhanu ; 1265 AH / ; Obv: “tayid elah zille haq” couplet, Rev: sana julus zarb at bottom Weight : 2.75 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Awadh State ; Rare Silver Rupee ; Allahabad Mint ; EIC issue, INO Shah Alam II, RY 26,

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  Awadh State ; Rare Silver Rupee ; Allahabad Mint ; EIC issue, INO Shah Alam II, RY 26, Fish on rev below RY 26 , sword mint mark between Alam on obverse ; 1201 AH Weight : 11.26 Grams ; Variation of KM 586 https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Ancient ; Kaushambi city state (c. 2nd century BC), Copper, Weight : 4.36 Grams ; Very Rare

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  Ancient ; Kaushambi city state (c. 2nd century BC), Copper, Weight : 4.36 Grams ; Very Rare Obv. an elephant standing left on a platform, flanked by Indradhavaja and Ujjaini symbol with complete Brahmi legend Kosambi above, Rev.ornate tree-in-railing in center, 7 Arch hill , 4 orbed Ujaini symbol above and fish tank to right, unlisted in Mitchiner and Pieper.About Extremely Fine Very Rare. Large Kausambi coins with the city's name Kosambi are very rare. This is the earliest named issue of this ancient city. A nice broad flan with the city's name Kosambi clearly visible. Note : Legend " KOSABI " written above Elephant  https://indiannumismaticgallery.com                                                                                          ...

Ancient ; Kaushambi/Vatsa Region (200 BC), Radhamitra, Cast Copper 1/2 Unit, Uninscribed & Pseudo Punch marked Coin ; RARE

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  Ancient ; Kaushambi/Vatsa Region (200 BC), Radhamitra, Cast Copper 1/2 Unit, Uninscribed & Pseudo Punch marked Coin, Obv: a Lion moving to right, Rev: a Bull moving to left, an Indradhvaja in front, traces of a railed tree and an Ujjaini symbol on the fields, Weight : 1.36 Grams ; (PAIC # 1144), About extremely fine, Rare. Note: The Radhamitra type coins present an unusual pentagonal shape with inscriptions covering the largest units. Despite their appearance, these coins are actually cast rather than punched. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Ghaznavids : Yamin Ud Daula Mahmud Rare Silver Bi Lingual Dirham ; Mint : Mahmudpur ( Lahore )

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  Ghaznavids : Yamin Ud Daula Mahmud Rare Silver Bi Lingual Dirham ; Mint : Mahmudpur ( Lahore ) Obverse: in field: Shahāda and nizam al-din abữl qaism; al-qãdir above; billah to the left; mint and date in the margin Reverse: in field: as above. Margin, in Sarada characters: avyaktīya name ayam tankam hato mahamūdapura samvati..in the name of the Invisible this tanka was struck at Mahmidpid Note : The following dirhams were struck in Mahmūdpūr( Lahore ) in the years AH 418 and were 419. struck They are remarkable for having the obverse in Arabic and the reverse in Sanskrit .There are four varieties depending on the obverse field legends and the reverse marginal legends. The reverse field legend does not change and is as follows, in Sarada character: avyaktameka muhammada avatar nrpati mahamuda The Invisible is One; Muhammad is the manifestation; Mahmud the king. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Shah Jahan III ; Rare Silver Rupee Mint : Ahmadnagar Farrukhabad Mint, AH 1174 /Ahad RY, INO Shah Jahan III,

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  Mughal ; Shah Jahan III ; Rare Silver Rupee Mint : Ahmadnagar Farrukhabad Mint, AH 1174 /Ahad RY, INO Shah Jahan III, Obv: Persian legend "Sikka Mubarak Badshah Ghazi Shahjahan", Rev: Persian legend "sana ahad julus" & "zarb Ahmadnagar Farrukhabad" at the bottom, Weight : 11.42Grams ; 28.55mm, (KM # 16), Extremely fine, Very Rare. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Jahandar Shah ; Ex Rare 1/2 Silver Rupee ; Sahib Qiran Type ; Mint : Surat Weight : 5.95 Grams ; RY " Ahad "

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  Mughal ; Jahandar Shah ; Ex Rare 1/2 Silver Rupee ; Sahib Qiran Type ; Mint : Surat Weight : 5.95 Grams ; RY " Ahad " Note : Hard to get full king name , Mint name & Couplet name in UNC condition in 1/2 Rupee. ****** Highly Collectable Specimen ****** https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Azam Shah ; Silver Rupee ; Mint : Ahmednagar ; 1118 AH / RY " Ahad " Weight : 11.53 Grams

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  Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Azam Shah ; Silver Rupee ;  Mint : Ahmednagar ; 1118 AH / RY " Ahad " Weight : 11.53 Grams Note : Muhammad Azam Shah was the eldest son of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. He was born in the year 1653 CE in the city of Burhanpur. He was appointed as ‘Heir-apparent’ in the year 1681 CE to his father. He seized the throne of the Mughal Empire in the year 1707 CE after the death of his father Aurangzeb. But in the same year, he was defeated by his stepbrother Muhammad Mu’azzam in the battle of Jajau, who later sat on the Mughal throne by the title ‘Bahadur Shah I’. This silver rupee was issued by Azam Shah during the first year of his reign in the Hijri year 1118. On the obverse, the side coin bears the legend as ‘Sikka zad dar jahan ba daulat-wa-jah badshah mumalik Azam Shah, AH 1118’. On the reverse side, the coin bears the legend as ‘julus-e-ashraf, sanah ahad, zarb Ahmednagar’. https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Gwalior State ; Extremely Rare ; Baija Bai Mint - Alamgirpur Bhilsa ; Silver Rupee Mintmark - Shree "श्री" ; Weight - 11.13 Grams Year - RY 46 ; INO Shah Alam II

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  Gwalior State ; Extremely Rare ; Baija Bai Mint - Alamgirpur Bhilsa ; Silver Rupee Mintmark - Shree "श्री" ; Weight - 11.13 Grams Year - RY 46 ; INO Shah Alam II https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Aurangzeb (AH 1068-1118, 1658-1707 AD), Rare Silver Rupee, Machlipattan Mint ; AH 1113, RY 45,

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  Mughal ; Aurangzeb (AH 1068-1118, 1658-1707 AD), Rare Silver Rupee, Machlipattan Mint ; AH 1113, RY 45, “Badar-e-munir” Couplet, Obverse on the coin reads. sikka zad dar jahan chu badre munir, Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir, “سکہ زد در جہان چو بدر منیر شاہ اورنگزیب علم گیر” meanings struck money through the world like the shining moon shah Aurangzeb Alamgir. Reverse on the coin reads. sana, julus, manus, maimanat, zarb Machlipattan, KM 300.55 Weight : 11.48 Grams https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Kam Baksh (1707-1708 AD), Ahsanabad, Silver Rupee, 1120 AH/ 2 RY, Extremely fine, Exceedingly Rare ; Weight : 11.54 Grams

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  Mughal ; Ex Rare ; Kam Baksh (1707-1708 AD), Ahsanabad, Silver Rupee, 1120 AH/ 2 RY, Obv: "deen-e-panah" couplet, Rev: sana julus zarb at bottom, (KM # 336.1), Extremely fine, Beautifully struck, well centered ; Exceedingly rare..!! ; Weight : 11.54 Grams Ahsanabad later known as 'Gulbarga' (presently in Karnataka) was founded by the Bahamani Sultans in the 14th century as their captital. Aurangzeb effectually occupied the city in 1098 AH and it was annexed in the Mughal Empire. Aurangzeb issued coins under the mint name Gulbarga and in his last ruling years the name was changed to Ahsanabad. Aurangzeb during his last years had appointed his son Kam Baksh as the subahdar (subaidar) of Bijapur on 16th February 1707. Kam Bakhsh's coin are known to be issued under both the mint names although he ruled short but Ahsanabad is very rare. Another remarkable feature on this coin is the mint mark which is only found on coins of Aurangzeb issud from Bijapur. https://india...

Awadh State ; Set of 5 Different Rulers ; Rare Silver Rupee Set ;

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  Awadh State ; Set of 5 Different Rulers ; Rare Silver Rupee Set ; 1.Ghaziuddin Haider ( 1235 AH / RY 1 ) 2.Nasiruddin Haider ( 1250 AH / RY 7 ) 3.Muhammad Ali Shah ( 1257 AH / RY 5 ) 4.Amjad Ali Shah ( 1261 AH / RY 3 ) 5.Wajid Ali Shah ( 1266 AH / RY 3 ) https://indiannumismaticgallery.com/

Mughal ; Akbar, Extremely Rare Silver Rupee ; Mint : Lahri Bandar ; Ilahi Month Aban, Year 4X (KM# 93.12). Very fine+, Weight : 11.22 Grams

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  Mughal ; Akbar, Extremely Rare Silver Rupee ; Mint : Lahri Bandar ; Ilahi Month Aban, Year 4X (KM# 93.12). Very fine+, Weight : 11.22 Grams Note : Debal- Dewal Bandar located near Karachi Pakistan was Ancient port. Debal is very important sea port in Medieval period and played very important role for Arab Army during the 1st invasion of Arabs by Muhammad bin Qasim in Sind India. It was having flourished trade with Gulf, Mughals put Dewal Bandar and Lahri (Lari Bandar) under the administration of Thatta Sind province. No other Mughal Rulers Struck coins at Dewal and Lahri Bandar except Emperor Akbar. When Akbar took Sindh in 1592, he immediately began to develop Lahari Bandar as imperial seaport. It was seen as strategically important enough that Akbar put it under direct administration (khalisa). He also had two large ocean-going ships built at Lahore, his capital, to be put to sea at Lahari Bandar and then operate in the Red Sea.The Ain-i-Akbari lists Lahari Bandar as a mahal ...