Kushan-style debased AV Dinara, Punjab/Kanauj (Cribb: EMKC#30; MAC3650; Fr.235) - Obv: Formalized Kushan standing king. Brahmi characters beneath arm KiDaRa / Rev: Semi-realistic portrayal of enthroned Goddess Ardoxsho, right field Sri Vigraha - 7.03 g. - good VF

Bi drachm nd. (4.13 g.) - Obv: Portait to right / Rev: Symbolic fire-altar - good VF

AV Dinara nd. (Göbl593; MAC3579, Fr.45b) - Obv: Crowned, diademed king standing facing, nimbate, holding standard and sacrificing at altar at left / Rev: Goddess of plenty Ardochsho enthroned facing, holding diadem and cornucopia, tamgha at left - 7.68 g. - good VF

AV Dinara nd. (Göbl595; MAC3582, Fr.--) - Obv: Crowned, diademed king standing facing, nimbate, holding standard and sacrificing at altar at left. Brahmi legend: Kipunada at right, Bhadra under arm / Rev: Goddess of plenty Ardochsho enthroned facing, holding diadem and cornucopia, tamgha at left - 7.64 g. - good VF

AV fanam nd. (Herrli 1.03.05) inverted 'PRA' - 0.38 g. - brilliant XF, from the collection of Gentleman part 2

AR tanka AH(8)57, mint not legible ((G/G 404) - Obv: Legend “nasir al-duniya wa al-din al-muzaffar mahmud shah sultan (date)” / Rev: “al-mu’ayyad” - 10.75 g. - crude legend, but rare with readable date, good VF

AV square Tanka, no mint (Shadiabad), date largely off flan, but most likely AH889 (G/G M67; Wilkes 2897; Fr.645) - 10.88 g. - good VF

AV token Mohur dated AH981 - imitation the mohur of Agra (cf. ZENO153060) - Obv: Kalima in dotted square / Rev: Crude imitative legend of Akbar’s name and titles - 10.75 g. - good VF

Early imitative re-strike of Lion Zodiac Mohur (month Amardad), Agra, (11.01 g.), dated AH1028/Ry.14 (13-07-1619 to 13-08-1619) - Obv: Lion to right, radiate sun behind / Rev: rooye zar zewar yaft dar agrah / az jahangir shah akbar shah (The face of gold became an ornament in Agra, from king Jahangir (the son of) king Akbar) - XF, not contemporary to Jehangir’s reign, but most likely struck during the middle of he 17th cent. (rf.: type BMC.334; Fr.766; KM 180.9)_x000D_ Beginning April 1618 (Julian calendar), Jahangir entered in his diary an innovation in coinage “Prior to this, it has been the rule that one side of gold coins my name has been engraved, and on the other side the name of the minting place, the month, and the regnal year. Around this time it occurred to me that instead of the month a figure of the constellation representing the month should be depicted. For example, for the month of Farwardin a figure of Aries could be made, and for the month of Ardibihisht the figure of Taurus, and so on for every month in which a coin was minted one side would bear a picture of the constellation in which the sun rose. This method is peculiarly my own and has never been used before.” (Ref.: The Jahangirnama, translated, edited and annotated by Wheeler M. Thackston, Oxford University Press, 1999.)_x000D_ After Jahangir’s dead, his son and new emperor Shah Jahan forbid the use of the zodiac coins as well as the coins struck in the name of his mother, Nurjahan and ordered them, on severe punishment of dead penalty, to be returned to the mint._x000D_ The gold zodiac mohurs, however, attracted already in the middle of the 17th century the fancy of European collectors and requested via merchants of European trading companies (VOC and others) to obtain if possible a full set of this coin series. Due, however, to the policy of Shah Jahan, the demand could ofcourse not be met and coins got imitated and restruck by the local sarafs. Consequently original zodiac mohurs are rarely offered for sale these days and when offered they go for prices of 6-digits in dollars. This early imitative re-strike can only be differenciated from the originals by the slightly less refined calligraphy of the Persian legend, but is otherwise about identical and still a magnificent model of Jahangir’s famous series of zodiac coins and equally much in demand.

AV Mohur AH1040/Ry.3, Burhanpur (KM260.6 var., Fr.794 var., ZENO318563) - Obv: Kalima within foliated quatrefoil / Rev: Emperor’s name and titles and mint below - Gold 10.96 gram - minor encrustations, otherwise about XF, rare

AV Mohur Ry.2, month: Azar, Surat mint, (KM255.6, Num.Dig. Vol.I partII (Dec.1977) p.36-39, MWI.3211, Fr.787) - Obv: Persian legend with Kalima, mint and Ilahi month / Rev: Persian legend with Emperor’s name and titles - Gold 10.96 g. - minor find encrustation, otherwise XF, ). Ex 'Akola' hoard, The fresh minted coins were on transport from Surat to Burhanpur, when at night the camp was flooded by the river Bordi and the money-chest wrecked and the coins disappeared into the mud of the river bed, from where they were recovered again during digging works in 1974

AR Rupee AH1109/Ry.41, Surat mint (KM300.86) - good VF

AR Rupee AH1103/Ry.35, Itawa mint (KM300.39) - bold good VF

AV Mohur AH1131/Ry.Ahd, Lahore mint (KM408.5; Fr.825) - Obv: Persian couplet 'Zad Sikka Bahind Bahazaaran Barkaat Shahenshah Bahr o Bar Rafi ud-Darjat' - 10.97 g. - good VF, very rare

AR rupee AH113x/Ry.3, Gwalior (KM436.25) - 11.38 g. - XF

AV Mohur AH11xx/Ry.19, Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad (KM439.4, Fr.832) with title 'Sahib Qiran Sani' - Gold 10.86 g. - brilliant XF, as struck

Rupee (Tanka) SE1477 (1555) (KM34.2, RB.1) - VF (3)

India, Malabar Coast, Jewelers copies (3) of Viraraya fanam. VF

North Malabar Coast - Unattributed Vira Raya AV Fanam -0.38 g. - XF

AR rupee AH1235/Ry.Ahd, Suba Awadh, Dar al-Amarat Lakhnau (KM165.1), VF, lot of two die-varieties

2 Anna VS1949 (KM33) - Obv: Bust right / Rev: Value within wreath - XF/UNC

2 Anna VS1949 (KM33) - Obv: Bust right / Rev: Value within wreath - XF/UNC

Rupee 1897, Bombay mint (KM72, Pr.1005) - Obv: Crowned bust left / Rev: Value above central inscription - VF

Rupee-sized AE uniface trial strike of the improved ‘Char Minar’-design, ND (probably 1902-1903) - 30 mm, 9.31 g., edge with straight milling - good VF, because of the trouble and loss on account of the handmade currency, the Hyderabad Government decided to make a machine made currency of a more intricate design which could not be easily copied by counterfeiters. For this reason in 1319H. (1901/02) over 700,000 Rupees of the Char Minar-type were struck and sent to the Central Treasury. They were however rejected before they went into circulation because of poor design and other imperfections and subsequently withdrawn from the Treasury to the Mint, melted and in 1321H. re-coined with a new "Char Minar"-design, which type became current up to the demonetisation of the Hyderabad currency in 1953. The Char Minar on the 1321H. and subsequent issues look much more slender than on the issue of 1319H. As the issue of 1319H. was most probably rejected on account of the somewhat clumsy design of the Char Minar an improved design was required, which is shown by this pattern (Ref: The introduction of machine-struck coinage in the state of Hyderabad, by Jan Lingen ONS-NL 153 (1997) p.13-19, #28), _x000D_ The off-metal strike is in all aspects identical, if not the same, with the specimen #28 illustrated by me in the article of the Oriental Numismatic Societies Newsletter #153 (Summer 1997) p.13-19. The image was prior to this publication received from Baldwins Auctions in London, together with a couple of other photographs of pattern strikes of Hyderabad coins. _x000D_ Years ago the British Museum recovered a couple of dies (ncl. some used for Hyderabad coins) from the estate of Pinches, The famous firm of medal makers, London. Pinches did much work on commission of Spink & Son Ltd., London and it is possible that the dies and the subsequent patterns were ordered by this firm. As the records of Spink & Son Ltd were destroyed in a fire by the German V2-attack on London during World War II, this can unfortunately not now be verified. _x000D_ Despite that documentation is scarcely available and although this coin is seen and rejected by NGC, there is in my sincere opinion no doubt about the authenticity of the object concerned._x000D_ Sincerely, Jan Lingen

AR Nazarana rupee AH1248/Ry.27, Sawai Jaipur (KM73) i.n.o. Muhammad Akbar II - 11.40 g. - obv. slightly double struck, but otherwise XF

AV Mohur AH--/Ry.15, Sawai Jaipur mint (KM.77; Fr.1182) Persian legend i.n.o. Muhammad Akbar II - 10.78 g. - XF

AE Double Paisa 'Mushtari' date off flan (AM1222 or 1223+, Patan (KM124 ff) - Obv: Elephant to right with 'tiger stripe' symbol in flag above / Rev: Legend - 21.37 g.- VF, rare coin

AE Double Paisa 'Mushtari' dated AM1221 (KM124.6) - Obv: Elephant to right with 'tiger stripe' symbol in flag above / Rev: Legend - 22.53 g.- good VF, rare coin

Fanon (1/5 Rupee) 177x (KM67, Gad.66) - Obv: Legend / Legend and date - VF, struck for Mahé, added China Hupeh 10 Cash 1906 (KM.10j.4)

AR ‘Arkat’ Rupee AH - /Ry.3 (KM8; Gad.9) i.n.o. Ahmad Shah Bahadur, mint-name ‘Arkat’, struck at Pondicherry - a.XF

AR ’Arkat’ AH1187/Ry.12 (KM15, Gad.15) i.n.o. Shah Alam II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - VF, rare date

AR ’Arkat’ AH1221/Ry.43 & AH1220/Ry.45 (KM15, Gad.15) i.n.o. Shah Alam II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - VF, added AR Fanam 176(7) (KM67)

AR ’Arkat’ Rupee AH - /Ry.7 (KM15, Gad.15) i.n.o. Shah Alam II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - VF

AR ’Arkat’ Rupee AH11xx/Ry.4 (KM12, Gad.12) i.n.o. Alamgir II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - 11.27 g. - a.XF

AR ’Arkat’ Rupee AH11xx/Ry.4 (KM12, Gad.12) i.n.o. Alamgir II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - 11.28 g. - a.XF

AR ’Arkat’ Rupee AH11xx/Ry.Ahd (KM12, Gad.12) i.n.o. Alamgir II, mint-name Arkat, mm. crescent, struck at Pondicherry - 10.83 g. - good XF