East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Sixteenth-Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 118[–]h, yr 8 [1766-7], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 8 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 8th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], 0.73g/3h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.108; KM. 80.1). Good very fine, dark-toned, very rare £80-£100

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

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Baldwin Auction 33 (London), 6-7 May 2003, lot 1005 (part), recté yr 8.

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