Amazing coin and an equally nice photograph.
Yes. Indore is the state, while Malharnagar is the mint. Many states continued to issue coins in the name of the Mughal emperor, even though the...
Seleukid Empire: Antiochos I Soter (281-261 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Seleukeia on the Tigris, SC 379.3c, ESM 155 (17.15 g, 27 mm) Obverse: Diademed...
That would make them all Rupees. The Mughal ones mostly have complete or near-complete mint names on-flan.
Nice collection. Not all are Mughal coins though. (Top row, left to right) 1. Mughal, Shah Jahan (AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), AR Rupee, Lahore...
India, Kshatrapa dynasty: Rudrasena III (SE 270-300; 348-378 AD), AR Drachm, SE290, Fishman type II no. 34.2.290, Senior ISCH 860.30D, Jha/Rajgor...
Sultans of Dehli, Suri Dynasty: Sher Shah Suri (AH945-952/1538-1545 AD), AR Rupee, "Jahanpanah" type, NM, AH949, G&G D812 (11.33 g, 30.68 mm)...
Mughal Empire: Nur al-deen Jahangir (AH1014-1037/AD1605-1627), AR Rupee, Agra, AH 1036/Ry 21, KM 149.1 This coin has the "Yaft" poetic couplet:...
His “Meditations” is one of my favourite books. Still very relevant today and I go back to it from time-to-time.
France: Napoleon I, “The Hundred Days”, 5 Francs, Paris mint, 1815A, KM#694.7 (24.9 g) Napoleon's historic “Hundred Days” issue. Issued during...
Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), AR Denarius, Rome mint, 167 AD, Sear 4934, C882, RIC171 (19 mm, 3.42 g) A coin of my favourite Roman emperor....
From the original image, I would not have suspected the coin to be so embrittled. An exceptionally nice example for this late type (Fishman M56,...
Very nice coin. It is Surat mint, Ry 2, ilahi month Azar. Seems to be from the Akola hoarde and die-identical to...
Farsi (Persian)
Adding another: Gupta Dynasty: Skandagupta Karmaditya (c. 455-467 AD), AR Drachm, Madhyadesha type, GE141, Shivlee variety A (2.38 g, 15.1 mm)...
Mughal Empire: Jahangir (AH1014-1037/1605-1628AD), AR Rupee, Ahmadabad mint, AH1029, RY14 (KM149.4) (11.34 g, 22.78 mm) On many of Jahangir’s...
The legends on these are typically rendered quite crudely. I can pick up a few characters here and there but can’t make sense of the rest.
Like many other series, their prices have generally shot up since COVID. The “Archer-type” of Chandragupta II is the most common (and affordable)...
Thank you.
These are indeed very nice examples. I cannot quite resolve the characters in the first photo [...tya(?)...pa-ra-ma...]. Is the “blob” on top of...
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