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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 343540, member: 1876&quot;]I personally believe that this was a posthumous issue and the coin was NOT issued by the Suris but by the current rulers in Eastern regions. It was not uncommon in those days to keep using old dies for several years with minor modifications.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you read the history of Suri dynasty for era 1552-1555, you will be surprised as how many Suri rulers were there in AD 1555. After Islam Shah&#039;s death in 1552, the nobles in his court made his 12 years old son Firoz Shah the emperor in Gwalior city (a central state). Within few moths he was assassinated by one of Sher Shah Suri’s brother&nbsp; named Mohammad Shah who then ruled from Gwalior till 1555. </p><p><br /></p><p>The same year 1555, another ruler Ibrahim Shah Suri was ruling in Punjab (Northern region) and another Suri named&nbsp; Sikandar Shah was ruling in Lahore (Western region, now in Pakistan).&nbsp; This year, Sikandar Shah Suri lost his battle against Humanyu in Lahore. And in December 1555, the last Suri ruler Adil Shah lost a battle against Mughal emperor Akbar.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, year 1555 was a trouble year for Suris and I don&#039;t think any one of those Suris would have thought about minting a coin to commemorate &#039;Nara Narayana&#039; accession. Especially when none of those Suris were involved remotely with what&#039;s was happening in far eastern region.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you are familiar with Indian geography, you will realize that in 1555, those Suris were busy in all various regions in India except Eastern region. This region was kind of out of their radar. So, zoom-in that region; and people there still needed currency for their day to day transactions. The local rulers of Bengal/Assam/Cooch Behar etc. were puzzled as who is the real emperor in Delhi. They can&#039;t put any single Suri name on circulating coins. And the local population had trusted and was familiar with the old silver rupees bearing &quot;Islam Shah&#039;s&quot; name. A no-brainer for local rulers to keep minting rupees using old dies with &#039;Islam Shah Suri&#039; name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I am speculating that probably a die sinker in Cooch Behar became more creative and after &#039;Nara Narayana&#039;s accession in 1555, added this &#039;1477&#039; on few of those dies. People didn&#039;t care much for this minor difference because coin weight was accurate and this added number was related to one of their favorite local ruler.</p><p><br /></p><p>My above speculation is based on the fact that last 4-5 big hoards of this &#039;1477&#039; type rupees were found in Cooch Behar region. Before these hoard were found, very few coins of this type were known and most of them were traced back their origin linked to &#039;Cooch Behar&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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