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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 26642588, member: 99456&quot;]This is another interesting coin - the motif on the left could be (reverse?) <b>The Royal Coat of Arms of Awadh</b>: two fish (the <i>Mahi Maratib</i> symbol) with human upper bodies supporting a crown and parasol.</p><p><br /></p><p>This suggests tthat this is a 12.1 gram falus or paisa of the Princely <b>State of Awadh</b> (Lucknow Mint) the details don&#039;t match any other coin that I can find - the two attendants in the &quot;royal crest&quot; do not have the typical mermaid tail.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ruler: </b>Muhammad Ali Shah. AH 1253-1258 / AD 1837-1842</p><p><b>Denomination:</b> Falus (Copper)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1699486[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>found it: <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296/page/n123/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296/page/n123/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296/page/n123/mode/2up</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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