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# 281Rupee AH 1168 RY 2 Alamgir IIIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Alamgir II (AH 1167-1173 / AD 1754-1759). Rupee AH (11)68 RY 2. Mint: Shahjahanabad (Dar-ul-Khilafat), Silver (ø 20 mm – w. 11.31 g.). Edge: plain. KM 456.1. Brown 4415-6. Lane-Poole –. Whitehead –. Wright 2052 (date missing). Plant p.122. Rajgor n. xxviii, p. 24.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [Sikkah mubarak / Abu'l-]'Adil Aziz ud-Din / [Alam]gir Badshah Ghazi / Muhammad [khalla]d Allah [Mulk]ahu wa Sul[tanat] = Auspicious coin of Abu'l-'Adil 'Aziz ud-din Muhammad 'Alamgir, Emperor, Warrior against the infidels, (may) God perpetuate (his) Country and Kingdom). Date (1168) at top right. Mint mark in field.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (rrom bottom to top: [julus maimanat] manus Zarb / [Dar-ul]-Khilafat sanat 2 / Shah[jahana]bad = Struck at the Seat of the Caliphate, Shahjahanabad (in the) year 2 (of his) reign associated with prosperity).

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).