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Jahangir issue from Ahmadnagar   |
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Burhan Nizam shah-3 
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Please see this coin.  This is peculiar because of two reasons. 1. The date. Shown on the coin is "968".Muhammad shah ruled from AH.867-887. That makes 968 impossible for his period.Actually the date "869" is written retrograde. 2. Usually such coins of Muhammad shah have a line above the date and below sultan. This coin does not show that.  |
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Another Bahmani coin, of Humayun shah with full name of the issuer with overlay.   |
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Another Jahangir issue from Ahmadnagar.   obv. "(Jaha)ngir" bad(shah) and numeral "7" below horizontal line. Rev. zarb"Ahmad nagar" above horizontal line and "sanah 4" below. The legend arrangement is different because usually "Ahmadnagar" is seen on the lower part and Jahangir on the upper, above the vertical line on the middle of the coin. Here on this coin, name of the ruler is on the lower half of obv and mint name is on the upper half of the rev. Now about the date. With "7" on the obv, the possibilities are AH.1017,1027 and 1037. Goron and Goenka says that Jahangir issues of 1017 with legible date are found. No later dates are so far known of Ahmadnagar for him. So it is AH.1017. The date "4" on the reverse can be 4,14 or 24. RY-4 of Jahangir falls in AH.1017. It can thus be presumed RY.4. So this issue should be of AH.1017, RY.4 of Jahangir. I have so far not seen any Jahangir issue of Ahmadnagar with regnal year. |
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I have to make a correction to the above post of Ahmadnagar coin AN.S#019-a with apologies.
There are two possible rulers who could have the combination of RY.4 and AH.date ending in 7. They are Jahangir and Farukhsiyar. With an erred reading of "ngir" before "badsha", I jumped into the conclusion it is of Jahangir.It was pointed out by another expert and now the confirmation has come from another expert. That coin is an issue of Farukhsiyar in AH.1127, RY.4. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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OK thx for the clarification. These pages are super-valuable!
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A tiny Half Gani coin of Muhammad shah-I (1359-1375.CE). This variety is illustrated as BH#40 in Coins of the Indian Sultanates of G&G where that coin is of slightly higher weight and is a doubtful Half Falus. This coin weighs 1.69gms and corresponds to the weight standard for Half Gani. Moreover, date is partially visible on this coin. "7" is off-flan with "60" seen above "abd". That makes the date 760.AH.   |
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A small denomination coin of Ahmad shah-II.On its obv., name of the ruler is struck. On the reverse, "zill allah" legend can be seen.  |
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Here is a coin of Muhammad Adl Shah, BJ028, G&G.   |
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A rare variant of Kalimulla Gani.   |
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A coin that remained unattributed for quite a few years finally gets a label. This coin is of Firoz shah Bahmani (CE.1397-1422). This type of coins with legend running "firoz shah" on one side and "al sultan" on the other puzzled numismatists for quite some time. It was difficult to specify which Firoz shah it belonged to, of Delhi, or of Madurai or Bahmani. With provenance, it could only be Firoz shah Bahmani who is tentatively credited authority of this coin. Further, the legend shares likeness with small silver coins of this ruler. Round, square and rectangular coins with this legend have been reported. They were found in two different streams of weight. One was based on a unit of 4.5gms(higher weight) and the other of 3.3gms (lower weight). They don't record any mint nor any date. They are called Paisa and Goron and Goenka illustrates a few varieties as BH 070A - J. This particular coin with 2.3gms is thus a half paisa of the higher weight standard.   |
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Thanks, drnsreedhar. Always look forward to your posts.
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A curious coin from Bijapur Please take a look at this coin https://www.coincommunity.com/forum....Sul-007.jpg BJ 015A of G&G. The coin now presented belongs to the same class, but the obverse legend (gulam ali mirtazi where ali is on the top line) is retrograde. Entire legend is within dotted scalloped circle.  an overlay of the corrected obverse image is given below.  Edited by drnsreedhar
02/12/2025 03:30 am
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Very interesting!  |
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