Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

India, NAWABS OF SURAT, Rupee, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II, yr 53, 11.52g/2h (KM. 76 [French India]). Fine, rare
£100-£120

Only coins with regnal year 46 can be definitively attributed to the East India Company; the issuer of coins with higher regnal years is still uncertain (see P. Stevens, The Coinage of the Bombay Presidency, pp. 304-5)