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East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, sil...
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The exceptional Pridmore Nazarana Rupee, 1182h
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Nazarana Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1182h, yr 10 [August 1768-May 1769], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, privy mark arrangement 2/3, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], small thick flan, 22.2mm, 11.68g/7h (Prid. 343, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 670]; Stevens 2.79; Stevens website image 1551 [= Album Auction 30, 2577], same dies; KM. Pn1). An exceptional coin featuring fine calligraphy, well-struck, extremely fine and toned, most attractive and extremely rare, perhaps only one other extant [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £6,000-£8,000
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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 670, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.
Owner’s ticket.
Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.343
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Nazarana Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1182h, yr 10 [August 1768-May 1769], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, privy mark arrangement 2/3, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], small thick flan, 22.2mm, 11.68g/7h (Prid. 343, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 670]; Stevens 2.79; Stevens website image 1551 [= Album Auction 30, 2577], same dies; KM. Pn1). An exceptional coin featuring fine calligraphy, well-struck, extremely fine and toned, most attractive and extremely rare, perhaps only one other extant [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £6,000-£8,000
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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 670, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.
Owner’s ticket.
Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.343
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The exceptional Pridmore Nazarana Rupee, 1182h
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Nazarana Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1182h, yr 10 [August 1768-May 1769], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, privy mark arrangement 2/3, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], small thick flan, 22.2mm, 11.68g/7h (Prid. 343, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 670]; Stevens 2.79; Stevens website image 1551 [= Album Auction 30, 2577], same dies; KM. Pn1). An exceptional coin featuring fine calligraphy, well-struck, extremely fine and toned, most attractive and extremely rare, perhaps only one other extant [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £6,000-£8,000
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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 670, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.
Owner’s ticket.
Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.343
East India Company, Bengal Presidency, Calcutta and Murshidabad mints: post-1761 issues, silver Nazarana Rupee in the name of ‘Shah ‘Alam II (1173-1221h/1759-1806), 1182h, yr 10 [August 1768-May 1769], naming Murshidabad, sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah [defender of the religion of Muhammad, Shah ‘Alam emperor, shadow of the divine favour, put his stamp on the seven climes], sun at left, privy mark arrangement 2/3, rev. zarb murshidabad sanah 10 julus maimanat manus [struck at Murshidabad in the 10th year of his reign of tranquil prosperity], small thick flan, 22.2mm, 11.68g/7h (Prid. 343, this coin illustrated [Sale, lot 670]; Stevens 2.79; Stevens website image 1551 [= Album Auction 30, 2577], same dies; KM. Pn1). An exceptional coin featuring fine calligraphy, well-struck, extremely fine and toned, most attractive and extremely rare, perhaps only one other extant [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £6,000-£8,000
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Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 670, ticket
Bt Spink (London) May 1983.
Owner’s ticket.
Literature:
Illustrated in Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations...Part 4, India, Volume I, p.343
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