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# 282Rupee AH 1168 RY 1 Alamgir IIIndia B Mughal Empire India – Mughal Empire – Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / AD 1754-1759). Rupee AH 1168 RY Ahd (First). Mint: Shahjahanabad (Dar-ul-Khilafat), Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.30 g.). Edge: plain. KM 460.17 (mint name below). Brown 4412 (AH 1167). Lane-Poole 1071. Whitehead –. Wright 2251 (AH 11xx). Plant p.122. Rajgor n. xxix, p. 24.
Obverse: Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [Sikkah mubarak] / Badshah Gha[z]i / Alamgir = Auspicious coin of the Emperor, Warrior against the infidels, Alamgir). Date (1168) above the top line at right. Mint marks in field.
Reverse: Persian legend. Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (from bottom to top: sanat Ahd julus maimanat manus / [Z]arb [Dar-ul]-Khila[fat] Shah[jahanabad] = Struck at the Seat of the Caliphate, Shahjahanabad, (in the) First year (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).