India: Rupee Of Sher Shah Suri, Gwalior Mint, 951 AH

Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri

Obverse

Kalima-e-tayyabah (lâ ilâha illâ-llâh muhammadan rasûlu-llâh; there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet), enclosed in a square
The margins should have the names of the four successors: Abu Bakr below, Umar at the left, Uthman above, Ali at the right.





Reverse

Inside square (top): es-sultan Sher Shah khallad Allah mulkahu (the Sultan Sher Shah, may Allah perpetuate his kingdom)

Inside square (bottom):

Devanagari legend "Sri Sersahi" (often very faulty, as on this coin)

The margins should have
farid ed-dunya wa as-din abu al-muzaffar zarb Gwalior (Unique one of the world and of the faith, father of the vioctorious, minting of Gwalior.)


Mint mark of Gwalior


Year: 951 AH (1544 AD)


PS: Sher Shah was the one who introduced the Rûpaya (Rupee).