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I have tried to identify this coin in several books and at several net sites. It seems to be a Mugul coin, perhaps a dam. One side resembles coins of Akbar, the other side resembles nothing I can find. It is 20mm across, 6 mm thick, and weighs 20.3g. Could you help me with identity, ruler, date range, and denomination? Is there a catalog number? Thank you, just trying to get as good an identification as possible so I can trace its history.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 India
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The upper image has enough to see "falus sanah" (sanah is year). The lower image shows "zarb" ie the mint, probably Patna. I am unable to find any other detail.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you, any information at all is better than what I had to start with.
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New Member
India
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hello drnsreedher, hope you can help with this coin, I've tried on few other forums in the past 3-4 months but have been unsuccessful - I'm afraid the coins isn't in very good shape but hoping someone can help identify it - Dimensions - Diameter: 19.4 mm - 21.5 mm Weight: 16.66 gm Thickness: 5.97 - 6.14 mm owing to the bold strokes, could it possibly be from one of the mughal rulers? thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1982 Posts |
Dear Amit Kher,
The fabric of your coin is similar to Mughal. Gujarat, Bahmanis and some Indian Princely states have issued coins in the same fabric.
On this coin, the legend is suggestive of "shams" on the first image. So it could possibly mean Shamsuddin Muzaffir of Gujarat or Shamsudin Muhammad of Bahmani. It will need a bit more of consideration to attribute this specifically.
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New Member
India
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thanks for your reply Dr Sreedhar
i'll be patiently waiting & will also try to search on my own with the suggestions (just for the sake of learning the process) :)
I've a couple more of difficult beauties, will trouble you once we're through with this
thanks
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Pillar of the Community
India
1982 Posts |
Dear Amit Kher,
This coin does not quite fit into Bahmani style and texture. Neither it conforms with Mughal or Gujarat in entirety. So i.m.o, it must be a Princely State coin, which state it is remains a mystery still.
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New Member
India
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thanks for trying Dr Sreedher, my bad luck I suppose :)
any suggestions where else I could look?
would be thankful for any help
if at any time something comes to your mind kindly let me know, here or at WOC or Numista, wherever convinient for you
thanks a lot
p.s. would be posting a couple of more for your help in a few days; is it ok to post here?
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Pillar of the Community
India
1982 Posts |
Dear Amit Kher
Please feel free to post.
In the mean time, the coin you posted has some semblance to Amaravati type coins of the Bhosla rajas of Nagpur.
Edited by drnsreedhar
06/02/2022 3:24 pm
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New Member
India
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Dr Sreedhar Bhosla search also didn't work out on zeno or numista; any other place you can suggest?
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New Member
India
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Dr Sreedhar, this coin has a lot of deposits but hoping you'd be able to make some sense of the inscriptions - the dimensions are - Diameter: 19.9 - 20.2 mm Weight: 18.98 gm Thickness: 7.3 - 7.84 mm would be thankful for help   |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1982 Posts |
This coin looks like a dam from Akbar's reign, hazrat Dehli, dated AH.97x. I have edited your image.   Image quality matters a lot in reading. I think the first image has parts of the legend," falus hazrat dehli". Second image has date in numerals and words. digit "7" is visible. Next could be one or four. The weight and diameter are corresponding. So by all probabilities, it should be an Akbar dam from Delhi. |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1982 Posts |
Regarding information on Bhosla coinage, there is book authored by Prasanth P Kulkarni titled "Coinage of the Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur". That might be of help.
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New Member
India
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many thanks Dr Sreedhar on the coin help, will work on it. the Bhosla book isn't readily available, will search for it, thanks posting images of a hopelessly worn off coin, just going by dimensions my feeling is it's from Cambay; pls share your views pls do accept my apologies for troubling you with such bad condition coins, my last attempt before giving up :) Dimensions - Diameter: 15.4 - 18.5 mm Weight: 10.05 gm Thickness: 6.2 mm   |
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New Member
India
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ref - probable Akbar Dam Dr Sreedhar I found 1 candidate each on zeno & numista with search hints mentioned by you; owing to my untrained eye & eagerness I'm hoping my search with your help is about to reach a conclusion zeno - https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=109690 numista - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces108794.htmlkeeping fingers crossed & hoping for at least a higher percentage of confirmation; would hate to mark my coins as "paper weights" :) i hope you won't mind my humour, I tend to take the most serious things in life with a touch of humour (apologies if I'm stepping out of line) |
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