Auction Catalogue

8 & 9 February 2023

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The Puddester Collection (Part I)

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№ 74

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8 February 2023

Hammer Price:
Withdrawn

The only Mughal style copper coins of Madras

East India Company, Madras Presidency, WITHDRAWN




Early coinages
: Mughal style, copper Falus or Paisa in the name of Aurangzeb Alamgir I (1068-1118h/1658-1707), Chinapatan, date uncertain, alamgir badshah sicca mubarak [King Alamgir’s auspicious coin], rev. memanat manus san julus zarab chinapatan [Struck at Chinapatan in his tranquil prosperous reign], 12.75g/7h (Prid. p.10 [not in Sale]; Stevens –; cf. Stevens website image 170]; Biddulph, JNSI XXVIII [1966], pp.224-5; KM. 285.23). Fine to very fine, extremely rare; very few specimens known [certified and graded NGC VF 35 BN] £400-£500

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

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J. Deyell (Kanata, ONT) Collection,
ticket
Bt S. Album (Santa Rosa, CA).

Owner’s envelope and ticket.

Pridmore (p.10) considered Mughal-style copper coins with the mint name Chinapatan to be dubious; however, the mint name on the present specimen is reasonably clear

Withdrawn