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# 310Rupee 1171 RY 5 Balaji Bajirao, PeshwaIndia C Indep. Kingdoms - Maratha Confederacy
India – Maratha Confederacy – Jhansi – Balaji Bajirao, Peshwa (AD 1740 - 1761). Madhaji Govind Antia, as Peshwa's Governor (AD 1757 - 1761). Issue in the name of the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II. Rupee AH (1)171 RY 5 (AD 1758). Mint: Balwantnagar (Jhansi), Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.33 g.). Edge: plain. KM 132. M/W T3, p. 117. Brown 4391. Whitehead 2764-5. Lane-Poole –. Wright –.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: [be-zar] zad sikkah / [Sa]hib Qiran (Alamgir) / [Aziz ud-Din sani] = struck coin on gold, Aziz ud-Din Alamgir, the Second Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction of the Planets). Date ([1]171) below the top line at left.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: Balwantnagar Zarb / sanat 5 julus / maimanat [manus] = Struck at Balwantnagar (in the) year 5 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Mint marks in field.

Note:
Jhansi (Balwantnagar) was under the Peshwa's Governors until 1761.

Web References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshwa
http://www.indiabuzzing.com/2009/12/31/maratha-power-under-the-peshwas/

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).
Maheshwari K. K. and Wiggins K. W. – Maratha Mints and Coinage – Indian Inst. of Research in Numismatic Studies, Bombay, 1989.
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).