East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Half-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, type A, yr 9, differentiating mark off flan, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah 9 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 9th year of tranquil prosperity], 5.79g/12h (Prid. 76 [Sale, lot 457]; Stevens 7.11; KM. 177). Very fine and toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC AU 55]
£240-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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C.H. Biddulph (London) Collection
F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 457 (part) [from Baldwin (London) March 1972], ticket
SNC (London) June 1984 (3794), ticket.

Owner’s ticket.

Charles Hubert Biddulph (1898-1966), b Abu, Rajasthan; assistant engineer and later deputy general manager of the South Indian Railway; retired to Wandsworth, London. Most of his coins were acquired by the British Museum in 1970, but a small portion of the collection was sold to Baldwin