East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Sixteenth-Rupee for the Malabar Coast in the name of ‘Alamgir II (1167-73h/1754-9), Mumbai, presumed yr 9, mm. crescent, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Alamgir], rev. zarb munbai sanah [–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [–] year of tranquil prosperity], 0.74g/4h (Prid. – [Sale, lot 459]; Stevens 7.16, this coin; Stevens website image 1180c, this coin; KM. –). Very fine and toned, excessively rare and perhaps the only known specimen £400-£500

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

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F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 459, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.

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