Jahangir (1605-1628), Silver ½ Zodiac Rupee, Ahmedabad Mint, AH 1027/ RY 13, KM-138.2, Zodiac Type, Leo (lion left), with the sun rising behind, attractive original toning, PCGS graded XF40, ex Dr. Axel Wahlstedt Collection. After Akbar introduced the Ilahi Era coinage in the 32nd year of his reign, coins bore the mint name, the Ilahi year and starting in his 35th year the month according to the solar calendar. This was continued by his successor Jahangir, but in his 13th year (AH1027), he replaced the name of the month by its constellation symbols. At first, this policy was applied to both the Silver and Gold coins, struck at Ahmedabad and Agra Mint Respectively. All these coins bear the name Jahangir, the mint and the Hijri year on one side, the zodiacal symbol and the regnal year on the other. The gold continued to be minted till AH1034, the silver rupees were struck for only five months, indicated by the ram, bull, gemini, crab and lion, in that order, of which the bull & lion are relatively available, the other three being rarer. However silver and gold zodiac coins both were recalled from circulation following the death of Jahangir. According to a report from the French 17th century traveller Jean Baptiste Travernier, use of the zodiac rupees thereafter was punishable by death! However, by far the rarest of all the silver are the half rupees as only a few of them are recorded and known.

Yadavas of Devagiri, Lashumadevi (c. 1261 AD), Gold Padma Tanka, 3.76Grms, OBV: Lotus in centre, on top Nagari legend ‘Lashuma', below sword, conch on bottom and twice 'Sri' in kannada letter, Uniface. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Lashumadevi was the wife of Kanharadeva and the daughter of Kholeshwara the commander of Singhana deva of Yadava dynasty. Kanharadeva had a yonger brother Mahadev, as the son of Kanharadeva was minor, so he declared his brother Mahadeva to be the crown prince. But the wife of Kanharadeva Queen Lashumadevai was not happy with the decision of Kanharadeva, when the throne was passed on to his younger brother instead of her son Ramachandra, she refused to accept him as a king. After the death of Kanharadeva she declared herself independent and struck gold Padma tanka in her name as a mark of sovereignty.

Victoria Empress, Gold One Mohur, 1877, Calcutta mint, two flowers in bottom panel and 'V' in relief, S&W 6.1, PR 14. About Uncirculated, Very rare.

Tripura, Krishna Kishor Manikya (1830-1849 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.63g. SK 1752. Citing Queen Bidhukana, Obverse: Lion facing left, trident on back, date on three sides around lion, all within circular border of petals with three vertical lines each. Reverse: “Radha Krishna pa/de sri sri yuta Krishna/Kishor manikya/deva sri srimati Bi/dhukana maha/Devyau”, (R&B# 274), PCGS graded as AU details, Very rare.

Jalal-al-din Muhammad, Silver Tanka, Lion Type, Second reign (AH 821- 837), 10.37g. Obv: Lion facing to right, short inscription above, Rev: ruler's title within circle with ornamental border, (G/G B342). About Extremely Fine, Extremely Rare

Kakatiyas of Warrangal, Prola-I (1052-1076 CE), Gold PMC, 2 ½ Gold Gadyana, 71x71mm, 9.83 gms, The Obverse consists of total of 30 repousse punches hammered on the obverse of a thin pure gold circular flan. The central punch consists of the images of Krishna and Balarama, Holy cow above and Conch below adorns the middle field that separates the brothers. The other punches are struck in two concentric circular orbits. The inner orbit consists of 13 singly struck Lion punches, with Lion facing right with lifted forepaw. The second and outmost orbit consists of 4x 'boar-Lotus-boar' punches on four quadrants. Here the boar is shown facing right with Sun and Moon symbols above. Other Kannada legend punches that separate the symbol punches are 2x Sri-Sri, 1x 'mandala' and 1x 'manda'. Almost Uncirculated, Exceedingly rare.The 'mandala manda' is perhaps a title that needs detailed research. No epigraphs have ever come across that mentions such a title but there are known many small PMC 1 Gadyanas with a similar legend in which Yama adorns the central punch. All the known big coins are generally assigned to the powerful Kakatiya ruler Prola-I (1052-1076 CE) due to his titles seen in those coins. And this being found together with the others is not an exception for the said attribution. The central motif has a resemblance to the Krishna-Subhadra Balaram idols of Jagannath temple of Puri. The legend mandala refers to district or town whereas the other punch 'manda' is similar in appearance as that of 3.8gm coin with the legend punch manda of 'manda-lika'.

Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayana (1922-1949 AD), Silver Nazarana ½ Rupee, Saka 413. Obv: Coat of arms of State. Rev: Bangla legend Sri Sri/Jagaddipendra/Narayana/Bhup/Raja Saka 413, KM 225. Graded as MS64 by NGC, Very Rare.

Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah (AH 1263-1272 / 1847-1856 AD), Gold Ashrafi, 10.71Grms, Mulk Awadh Bait-us-Sultanate Lukhnau Mint, AH 1264, RY 2, Complete Centre strike, mint variety V type. (KM # 378.1). Extremely Fine+.

Gupta Empire, Chandragupta II (c. 380-413 AD), Gold Dinar, 7.16Grms, ‘Chhatra /Parasol’ Type, OBV: King standing with fully dressed on left wearing pearl necklace and ear-rings, offering dropped from his right on altar while his left hand rests on the hilt fo the sword hanging by king side, an attendant behind him with left leg bent up holding a royal umbrella 'Chhatra' over the king’s head, around traces of Brahmi legend start from 1 o clock ‘Kshitimava….[Vikramaditya]’, REV: Goddess Lakshmi walking to left with cross-legged, she holds noose in her right hand and lotus flower with long stalk in left hand hanging down, tamgha on upper left field and traces of Brahmi legend in the right field. (S.Kumar # TOTGE, Class I, C.2). Very Fine+.

Delhi Sultanate, Qutb al-din Mubarak (AH 716-720; 1316-1320 AD), Gold Square Tanka, 10.85Grms, Hadrat Dar al-Khilafat Mint, AH 718, Al imam al azam legend on obv. (G&G # D247). Extremely Fine.

Tripura, Vijaya Manikya (1532-1564 AD), silver tanka, with citing Queen Sarasvati, commemorating a ritual bath at Dhvaja Ghat, Sake 1476, 10.43g. Obverse: Lion facing right, standard and crescent with bead above, date to right, all within a circle with wide floral border. Reverse: “Dhvaja Ghata Sna/yi Sri Sri Vija/ya Manikya De/va Sri Sarasv/ti Maha Devyau” in five lines within a square ornamental border. (R&B# 106), Graded by NGC as AU 53, Extremely rare.

Tripura, Dhanya Manikya (1568-1593 AD), Silver Tanka, Victory issue, citing Queen Kamala, Chattigram Vijayi, Obverse: Lion facing left, date below to right Sake 1476, within a circle with crochet border. Reverse: “Chattigram Vi/jayi Sri Sri Dha/nya Manikya Sri/ Kamala Devyau” within square and ornamental border. (R&B# 68), PCGS graded as AU 53. Rare.

Assam, Siva Simha (1714-1744 AD), silver round rupee with citing Queen Pramathesvari, Rangpur mint, sake 1649/RY 14, 11.27g. Obv: Persian legend Siva Singh Shah/Sikkah Zad chu mahr/Bahm Begam Pramathesvari/Shah, elow winged lion facing to right. Rev: Persian legend Manus/Maimanut/Sanah 14 Jalus/Zarb/Rangpur 1649, R&B I13.1. Uncirculated, Rare.

Chandragupta II (c.380-415AD) Archer type with Sword at Waist, Gold Dinar, 8.23g, Altekar Class II, Variety F (sword at waist), TOTGE S.1, Obv: king wearing dhoti, standing to right with the bow in left hand and sword hanging at his waist. Brahmi legend Chandra under his arm and traces of legend Deva Srimaharaja… around. Rev: Goddess Lakshmi seated on a lotus and holds a lotus flower in her left hand and a diadem in her right hand; Brahmi legend Shri Vikramah in right field. Very Fine+, Very Rare.

Kakatiyas of Warrangal, Prola-I (1052-1076 CE), Gold PMC, 2 ½ Gold Gadyana, ‘3-Warrior type’, 9.9 gms, 70x70mm. The Obverse consists of total of 20 repousse punches hammered on the obverse of a circular flan. Unpublished variety and known for the first time. The central punch consists of the images of 3 warriors carrying a sword in the right hand and a downward pointing dagger in the left hand. The other punches are struck in two concentric circular orbits. The inner orbit consists of 12 singly struck Boar punches as if a garland of boar pendants. The boar is facing left adorned with Sun and Moon symbols above. The outer orbit punches consist of 2x Sri-Sri, 1x 'Govara singha' and 1x eight petalled Lotus, and 4x symbols Lion facing left with lifted forepaw interleaving the other legend punches. Uncirculated, extremely rare.The 'Govara singha' title has appeared for the first time and on the Kakatiya coin. So far, 2-warrior and 4-warrior types were known, and this is a bridging coin of the series and is an interesting addition to one's collection. The above coin is assigned to Prola-I (1052-1076 CE) as the other warrior types were formally assigned to Prola-I. The 'Govara singha' title simply means - the King, the lion, the protector of the cows.

Kam Bakhsh (1707-1708 AD), silver rupee, Gokak mint, RY 41 (error date), KM 336.4. Obv: Legend khursheed-o-mah, badshahe kam bakhsh, din panah. Rev: Mint-name, Jalus Maimanat Manus and RY. About Uncirculated, Shroff Mark Edge, Graded by PCGS, Excedingly rare.

Kashmir Sultanate, Hasan Shah (AH 876-889 / 1472-1484 AD), Gold Tanka, 11.14Grms, Kashmir Mint, AH 876, Nigin-i-mulk khatam I sulaiman hasan shah ibn haidar shah sultan legend on obv., Kalima within circle with mint name and date on margin on rev. (G&G # K30). Extremely Fine. Very Rare

Noor Jahan alias Mehr-un-Nissa (c. 1607-1645 AD), Silver ½ Rupee, 5.69Grms, Surat Mint, AH 1036, Poetic couplet read as ‘Je hukum shahe Jahangir Yaft sad zevar, Ba name Noor Jahan badshah begum zar, translation: By the order of Emperor Jahangir, Gold attained a hundred beauties when the name of Nur Jahan Badshah Begum’ . (KM # 167.2). Very Fine+. Very Rare

Farrukhsiyar (AH 1124-1131 / 1713-1719 AD), Gold Mohur, 10.83Grms, Mustagir-al-Khilafat Akbarabad Mint, AH 1131, RY 7, complete die impression on both sides like Nazarana strike. (KM # 390.4). Extremely Fine.

George VI, Silver Rupee, 1939, Bombay Mint, with dot, head type II, PR 235, S&W 9.13. Tooled, Ex-mount, Very Fine+, Very Rare.

Hong Kong, Mahatma Gandhi 150th Anniversary of Birth, First Release, 60g Gilt-First Release, Proof, Set of Gold, Silver (2), Copper, Graded by NGC. With Original Certificate.

Humayun (AH 937-947 / 1530-1540 AD), Silver Rupee, 11.39Grms, Adl-i-Bangalah Mint, Date worn out, Bengal issue on the Rupee standard, both sides central inscription within circle, Kalima within circle below yarzaq Allah man tash ' bi-ghair hisab on obv., name of ruler in circle and in margin name of four successors ba-sadiq aba bakr, ba-'adil 'umar, ba-hiya 'uthman, bi-'ilm 'ali, radi Allah 'anhum. (G&G # B951). Very Fine. Very Rare.

Jahangir as Salim (1605-1627 AD), Silver ½ Rupee, Kabul Mint, AH 1014, Darul Ebad couplet, the couplet reads as follows ’The currency of coin in Kabul with the name of Shah Salim shall continue forever from the abode of the servants of the living (god), 5.65g, (KM 133.3). Extremely Fine+, Ruler's Title, Mint, Date, Couplet everything visible in the coin with partial dotted borders. Coins with the name Salim are commonly known from the Ahemdabad mint, Whereas Coins from Kabul are Exceedingly Rare. The only coin type with the Darul Ebad couplet. Similar Type Last Sold in Todywalla Auction 108 (Part I), 2017, Lot No. 300, for a hammer price of 95000.

Victoria Queen, Gold Mohur, 1862, Calcutta mint, single flower in bottom panel of Jabot, tiny V in relief in centre of the bust on the line of truncation, PR 3; S&W 4.4. Extremely Fine, Very rare.

Shah Jahan (AH 1037-1068 / 1628-1658 AD), Silver Rupee, 11.27Grms, Ghorahghat Mint, date off flan, complete mint name on rev bottom above kalima and ruler name with titles in four lines on rev. (KM # 222.20). Exceedinly Rare.