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# 264Rupee AH 1140 RY 10 Muhammad ShahIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Muhammad Shah (AH 1131-1161 / AD 1719-1748). Rupee AH 1140 RY 10. Mint: Gwalior, Silver (ø 28 mm – w. 11.16 g.). Edge: plain. KM 436.25. Brown –. Lane-Poole – (mint unrepresented). Whitehead –. Wright –. Plant (p.122). Rajgor n. xxvii, p. 23. Broad flan. Rare.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Sikkah mubarak / Badshah Ghazi / Muhammad Shah = Auspicious coin of the Emperor, Warrior against the infidels, Muhammad Shah). Date (1140) at top right. Mint marks in field.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: Gwalior Zarb / sanat 10 julus / maimanat manus = struck at Gwalior, (in the) year 10 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Mint marks in field.

Literature:
Brown C. J. – Catalogue of Coins in the Provincial Museum Lucknow / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. I-II, Oxford, 1920 (reprinted 1985).
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Lane-Poole Stanley – The Coinage of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum – London, 1892 (reprinted 1983).
Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.
Rajgor D. – Collector's Guide to Mughal Coins – University of Mumbai, India, 2002.
Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Panjab Museum, Lahore / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. II, Oxford, 1914 (reprinted 1977).
Wright H. N. – Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. III, Oxford, 1908 (reprinted 1972).