The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Rupee in the name of Shah Jahan II (1131h/May-August 1719), Mumbai, 1131h, yr 1 [1719], sikka mubarak badshah shah jahan 1131 [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Jahan 1131], rev. zarb munbai sanah ahd julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the 1st year of tranquil prosperity], 11.45g/3h (Prid. 32 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.9; KM. 160). Test mark on either side, otherwise about very fine, rare £120-£150

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

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Bt R.C. Senior (Glastonbury, UK), March 1985.

Owner’s ticket