| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1149 Price realized: 2,500 USD (Approx. 2,290 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Half Mohur (19mm, 6.16 g, 11h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1200 and RY 19 (1785/6). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus. CEEIC 2.36 (this coin referenced); Pridmore –; KM 101. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-018, graded AU Details, bent. Very minor bend to flan. Toned with underlying luster. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection. Ex Sir John Wheeler Collection (Baldwin's 22, London, 2 May 2000), lot 131; A Parcel of East India Company Issues for Bengal (Glendining, 3 October 1988), lot 487. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1143 Price realized: 16,000 USD (Approx. 14,654 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Mohur (19.5mm, 11.65 g, 6h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad mint. Dually dated AH 1180 and RY 8 (1766/7). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya fazl ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah / zarb murshidabad sanah 8 julus maimanat manus; C to right of RY. CEEIC 2.7 = Pridmore 15 = KM A94 = Friedberg 1526 (this coin illustrated). Once gilt and lightly polished, attractive orange toning. VF. An apparently unique coin of great interest and importance. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 569, purchased from Spink, May 1983; Singapore 24 (27 February 1997), lot 640; Adolphe Menjou Collection (Kreisberg & Schulman 1, 25 January 1957), lot 1587; R. D. Wills Collection (Glendining, 6 December 1938), lot 212. The large C prominently displayed on the reverse of this exceedingly rare Mohur may indicate that it was part of a special issue authorized by the English government in Calcutta. Paul Stevens writes 'another possible interpretation is that the letter C was the initial letter of Robert Clive, the Governor of Calcutta at the time.' Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1155 Price realized: 10,000 USD (Approx. 9,159 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. Pattern AV Mohur (27mm, 13.26 g, 12h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1202 and RY 19 of Shah Alam II (Struck circa 1830). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya faz ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah; AH date in lower field; private mark above / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus; private marks around min and below shin. Edge: |||||. CEEIC 9.1; Pridmore 85; KM 112. In NGC encapsulation 6860617, graded PF 62. A very rare pattern. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1156 Price realized: 2,000 USD (Approx. 1,832 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. Pattern AV Mohur (27mm, 10.91 g, 12h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Murshidabad (Calcutta) mint. Dually dated AH 1202 and RY 19 of Shah Alam II (Struck circa 1830). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya faz ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah; AH date in lower field; private mark above / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus; private mark (crescent). Edge: \\\\\. CEEIC 9.2; Pridmore 86; KM –, but cf. 114. Traces of deposits, some marks, underlying luster. EF. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, August 1986; H. M. Lingford Collection, purchased from Baldwin, November 1948. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1154 Price realized: 2,500 USD (Approx. 2,290 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. Pattern AR Rupee (27mm, 11.65 g, 12h). In the name of Shah 'Alam II (AH 1173-1221 / 1759-1806). Farrukhabad mint. Dated RY 45 of Shah Alam II (Struck circa 1830). sikka zad bar haft kishwar saya faz ilah hami din muhammad shah alam badshah; AH date in lower field; private mark above / zarb murshidabad sanah 19 julus maimanat manus; private marks around min and below shin. Edge: |||||. CEEIC 8.104 corr. (edge \\\\\); Pridmore 41; KM 112. Iridescent toning, proof like fields, minor die rust. As made. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection; Spink Numismatic Circular (June 1984), no. 3843; F. Pridmore Collection (Part II, Glendining, 18 October 1982), lot 669, purchased from Spink, May 1983. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1142 Price realized: 1,800 USD (Approx. 1,649 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bengal Presidency. 1699-1835. AV Sixteenth Mohur (8mm, 0.68 g, 1h). In the name of 'Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / 1754-1759). Mint (possibly Calcutta) off flan. Dated RY 4 (1757/8). [sikka mubarak badsha]h gh[azi 'alamgir] / [zarb [––] sanah] 4 [julus maimanat manus]. Cf. CEEIC 2.5 (for denomination); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. In NGC encapsulation 6382528-016, graded MS 65. Apparently unique. Ex Robert P. Puddester Collection, purchased in London, 1982. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
