India and Indian Princely States (28) India (25) One Rupee (7) 1876 Calcutta Mint, Bust A, Reverse I, Fine, 1877 Calcutta Mint, Bust A, Reverse I, Good Fine, the obverse with a long scratch, 1888 Bombay Mint Fine/Good Fine with some verdigris spots, 1907 Calcutta Mint, Fine, 1913 Bombay Mint, Good Fine, 1915 Calcutta Mint EF, 1944 Bombay Mint GVF/NEF, Half Rupees (7) 1840 Legend continuous over bust, Bombay Mint, About Fine, 1897 Bombay Mint, B Incuse Good Fine, 1910 Calcutta Mint, Fine, 1918 Bombay Mint KM#522 GVF/VF with some rim nicks, 1939 Bombay Mint KM#549 GEF and lustrous, the obverse with some spots, 1944 Bombay (dot) VF, 1944 Bombay (Diamond) About Fine with some thin scratches on the obverse, Quarter Rupees (6) 1886 Calcutta Mint, C incuse, Near Fine/Fine, 1910 Calcutta Mint NVF/VF, 1918 Calcutta Miny, Fine, 1919 Calcutta Mint, Good Fine, 1934 Calcutta Mint Near Fine/Fine, 1942 Calcutta Mint VG, Two Annas (4) 1841 Divided legend, Calcutta Mint, W.W. Raised on truncation, no dot after date, VF toned, 1889 Calcutta Mint, C incuse, VF, 1896 Calcutta Mint, C incuse, VG/Fine, 1910 Calcutta Mint VF/GVF toned, One Anna 1915 VG/Fine, Indian Princely States (3) Bikanir One Rupee 1892 KM#72 Near Fine with some scratches, Hyderabad AH1322/38 Y40.1 GVF, Kutch Five Kori 1932 Y#53a EF and lustrous with a hint of tone
Indian Princely States - Kutch Five Kori (3) VS1992 (1936) George V Y#53a Lustrous UNC with some small stains, VS1993 (1936) Edward VIII Y#67 Lustrous UNC, VS1993 (1936) George VI Y#75A/UNC and lustrous
A good collection (101) of Indian Princely States/Independent Kingdoms along with other Asia and Asia Minor material including Byzantium, Greek, Indo-Greek and Islamic. Indian States/Independent Kingdoms (23), India - Bombay Presidency (2), Byzantium bronze (13), OttomanEmpire (10), Greek (13), Indo-Greek (2). Islamic (38) includes Indian States Maratha Peshwa Ankush Snake Rupee 1700AD Pune Mint, Fine. Baroda Rupee AH 122- (last digit off flan) C#28, Fine. Jaipur Rupee Ram Singh Year 25 KM#119 Bold Fine, Mewar Rupee undated (1858-1920) 'Friendship with London' legend Y#11 Fine or better. Bombay Presidency Half Rupee date, Ahmadabad Mint, partially off the flan KM#259.1 EF with gold toning. Bombay Presidency Half Rupee Surat Mint undated (1800-1815) Good Fine with grey tone. Seljuk Dynasty - Sultanate of Rum joint rule of Sultan Kay Ka'us II, Sultan Qilich Arslan IV, & Sultan Kay Qubadh II SilverDirham NVF nicely toned, Sultanate of Delhi - Tanka coinage 4 Gani Mubarak 1316-1320, MWI#D275, 3.55 grammes, Good Fine, Indian Independent Kingdoms KutchKori Gohadaji I AH978 (date frozen) KM#43 GVF, Sultanate of Delhi Tanka coinage 2 Gani Muhammad Ala Al-din II Khilji (1296-1316) MWI#2569, 3.40 grammes, Fine. Mauryan silver 'Sun and Wagon' punchmarked coinage (2) 321-297BC, 3.51 and 3.52 grammes, only some of the punchmark detail clear, both near Fine. Indo-Greek Western Satraps Rudrasena I Obverse Bust right with corrupted Greek legend in Indo-Greek style, Reverse: Three-arched hill with river, crescent and sun. Fine with some edge cracks. Indo-Greek Western Region Silver Drachm Nahapana (50-75AD) Obverse: Bust right, collar showing, wearing Satrapal cap, Reverse: Arrow pointing down and to the left, thunderbolt to the right, dot between them with inscriptions in Brahmi and Kharoshti, much of which is off-flan, Mitchener 1253 evenly struck NVF/GF and bold. Rajput Dynasty Chauhans of Delhi Billon Drachm Someshvara (1169-1179) Good Fine. Kutch Kori Bhorajji (1632-1654AD) KM#12 Fine, Baroda Rupee Malhar Rao 1870-1875AD (date off flan) 11.70 grammes, About VF and bold. Indore Rupee AH1204 in the name of Shah Alam II, Yasvanth Rao Malharnagar Mint, KM#76, 11.2 grammes, VF and bold. Ancient India - Gadhalya Portrait type Drachm c.950-1200 AD dump coinage Fine. Indo-Sassanian Gadhlaya Paisa Drachm 800-950AD 3.8 grammes Fine. Indian States - Lunavada Copper Paisa Wakhat Singhji 19th Century, exact issue unclear, 6.31 grammes Near Fine. India - Panchala Kingdom Half Karshapana Indamitra? exact issue unclear About VG. Ancient India Kushan Copper Unit c.Mid 3rd Century CE, NVG with some green surface residue. Islamic Almohade square Silver Dirham 12-13th Century (1150-1238AD) struck in Al-Andalus 1.52 grammes Fine and bold. Islamic Seljuks of Rum Kay Ka'us II, Qilich Arslan IV and Kay Qubadh Silver Dirham AH647-655 (1249-1257AD) 2.48 grammes, Good Fine. Kabul Shahi Dynasties Jital Vakka Deva Lion/Elephant c.900-1000AD, 2.75 grammes, Near Fine. Bahri dynasty - Mamluk Sultanate Fals AH780-781 (1380-1381AD), al-Sultan al-Malik,al-Mansur 2.23 grammes, VG on an irregularly shaped flan, India Independent Kingdomes - Kutch Kori Pagmalji I (1698-1715AD) AH978 date frozen KM#43, 3.82 grammes Fine. India - Bahamids, Sultans of Deccan Copper Ala al-Din Ahmad 1435-1457AD Gani 16.27 grammes Fine. Egypt - Mamluk Al-Ashraf Sha-ban II Copper Fal (1363-1377AD), 2.94 grammes, VG. Egypt - Mamluk Al-Nasir Muhammad Third Reign (1310-1341AD) Copper Fal VG. Habbarids Silver Damma c.9th-10th Century 0.64 grammes, Fine, off-centre with some flan cracks. Parthia - Silver Drachm Phraates IV (38-2BC) Obverse: Diademed bust left, eagle with wreath in beak in right field, Reverse: Archer with bow seated Good Fine and bold with good metal. Mongol of Persia - Ilkans Silver Dirham AH716-736, 2.81 grammes Fine, Abbasaid Caliphate Silver Dirham AH185 First Period al-Rashid, Harun, Madinat al Salam Mint Pleasing Fine. Ottoman Empire AH1115 Ahmed III Para KM#139.1 Fine with a flan crack. Silver Akce (4) Mehmed II the Conqueror AH848-850 (1444AD) some surface pitting, Good Fine and bold, Bayezid II AH886 Fine, off-centre, Suleiman the Magnificent AH926 Fine, Off-centre, the date full showing, scarce thus, the fourth worn and not attributable. Para Musafa III AH1171 (1757-1774) regnal year not visible VG, Para Abdul Hamid I AH1187/6 (1774-1789) KM#371 VG. Copper Akce Bayezid II 1481-1512, 2.97 grammes, Near Fine off-centre. Byzantium B
Indian Princely States - Kutch (8) 5 Kori (3) 1936 Edward VIII (2), 1937 George VI, 2 1/2 Kori 1937 (2) Edward VIII and George VI issues, One Kori (3) 1923, 1936 Edward VIII, 1938 GVF to EF
India - British (14) One Rupee (8) 1840, 1862, 1901, 1904C, 1905B, 1916C, 1941B, 1945B, Half Rupee (6) 1835, 1840, 1910, 1919B, 1941B, 1943B NEF- Lustrous UNC, plus India - Kutch 5 Kori 1936 Edward VIII UNC
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