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# 276Rupee AH 1172 RY 6 Alamgir IIIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / AD 1754-1759). Rupee AH 1172 RY 6. Mint: Lahore (Dar us Saltanat), Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.33 g.). Edge: plain. KM 460.13. Brown 4449 (RY 5). Lane-Poole 1085. Whitehead 2823. Wright 2227. Plant p.122. Rajgor n. xxix, p. 24.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Sikkah mubarak / Badshah Ghazi / Alamgir = Auspicious coin of the Emperor, Warrior against the infidels, Alamgir). Date (1172) above the top line at right. Mint marks in field.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (from bottom to top: julus manus maimanat / sanat 6 / Zarb Dar-us-Sultanat Lahore = struck at the Seat of Sovereignty, Lahore, (in the) year 6 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Mint marks in field.

Provenance:
Stephen Album Rare Coins, California, Auction 17, September 19-21 2013, Lot 1251.

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).