Item 191 out of 479
Lot # 191 - Awadh State, Sa adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee.
Awadh State, Sa   adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee.
Awadh State, Sa   adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee. Awadh State, Sa   adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee. Awadh State, Sa   adat Ali Khan II Najibabad Mint Silver Rupee.
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Quick Description
DenominationRupeeMintNajibabad
MetalSilverYear (AH/VS/SE/AM)XXX6
RY (Ruling Year)43
Full Description:

Awadh State, Sa’adat Ali Khan II (AH 1212-1229/1798-1814 AD), Najibabad Mint (Off flan), Silver Rupee, AH XXX6/43 RY, “Saya-e-fazle elah" couplet, In the name of Shah Alam II, Obv: Persian legend “Sikka zad bar haft kishwar sayaye fazle elah, hami-e-dine Muhammad, Shah Alam Badshah”, Rev: Persian legend “sana 43 julus”, maimant manus, “zarb Najibabad” at the top and few mint mark, Persian letter 'Ha' in the loop of the letter sin of Julus, and a word beginning Alif Lam He (Allah?) to the left of the regnal year, as well as the usual Persian letter mim and fish symbol, 11.13g, 21.06mm, (MK # 6.75), about extremely fine, Very Rare.

Note: Silver rupees of regnal year 43 are found with interesting arrangements of a probable word “Allah” to the left of the regnal year with the Persian letter ‘Ha’ in the sin of Julus.

Najibabad was a Rohilla mint until 1774 when the Nawab Wazir of Awadh took the town. The town passed to the British in 1801 AD (AH 1216-1217) and the mint may have continued operations until 1805 AD.