The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: Mughal style, silver Half-Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1131-61h/1719-48), Mumbai, [1150-9]h, yr 2[–] [1738-46], sikka mubarak badshah ghazi muhammad shah [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Muhammad Shah], rev. zarb munbai sanah 2[–] julus maimanat manus [Struck at Bombay in the [2–th] year of tranquil prosperity], differentiating mark 8, 5.72g/3h (cf. Prid. 59 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.62ff; KM. 162). Two countermarks on obverse, about very fine, dark-toned, very rare £150-£200

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

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