Archive Lots

Muhammad Shah, (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Azimabad mint, nominative legend, mint-name at the top, AH112X/RY6, KM 436.35, 11.30 grams. Very fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Bidrur mint, AH 11XX/RY25, KM 436.19, 11.30 grams. Most likely struck by the local Nayaka rulers in the name of the Mughal Emperor to facilitate easy trade access. Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Two Silver rupees: a. Farkhanda Bunyad Haidarabad Mint, KM 436.26, 11.40 grams, b. Kankurti Mint, nominative legend, KM 436.35, 11.40 grams (2 coins). Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Imtiyazgarh Mint, nominative legends, RY 12, KM 436.27, 11.02 grams. Unusually, the RY is inscribed next to the ruler’s name on the obverse. Very Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Kankurti Mint, nominative legend, RY 1X, KM 436.35, 11.30 grams. Very Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Dar al-Saltanah, Lahore mint, AH 1135/RY5, KM 436.40, 11.30 grams. Very Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Machhlipatan mint, nominative legends, AH 1135/RY5, KM 436.42, 11.40 grams. Very Fine+, Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Machhlipatan mint, nominative legends, AH 1134/RY7, KM 436.42, 11.40 grams. The AH and RY are discordant by two years, thus suggesting a mismatch of obverse and reverse dies. An older obverse die is coupled with a later reverse die. Very Fine, Very Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver rupee, Nusratabad Mint, nominative legends, AH11XX/RY(11?), KM 436.48, 11.30 grams. Extra Fine, Very Scarce.

Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), Silver Rupee, Dar al-Khilafah, Shahjahanabad mint, AH1151RY21, Shroff mark ‘Shri’ on reverse, KM 437.4, 11.01 grams. The year AH1151 (1738-39) was marked by Nadir Shah’s invasion of India. Many of the Rupees of Shahjahanabad mint dated in that year were taken by Nadir Shah as loot to Iran – but en route, plundered by the Bhatis of the Eastern Rajasthan desert. Very Fine+, Scarce.