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# 369 / Ashrafi AH 1253 RY 1 Muhammad Alì Shah India D Princely States - Awadh
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# 370Ashrafi AH 1255 RY 3 Muhammad Alì ShahIndia D Princely States - Awadh India – Awadh (Oudh) – Muhammad Alì Shah (AH 1253-1258 / AD 1837-1842). Ashrafi AH 1255 RY 3, Mint: Lakhnau (Suba Awadh Bait es-Sultanat), Gold (ø 25 mm – w. 10.71 g.). Edge: plain. P.Dayal 155, KM 322.
Overse: Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Bajud wa Karam Sikkah / dar Jehan Muhammad Ali zad Bad / shah Zeman = With Grace and Benevolence struck coin in the world, Muhammad Ali, Emperor of the Age). Date (1255) above the bottom line in centre. Border of rays between two circles. Mint mark 27 below the bottom line at left. Ornaments of dots in field.
Reverse: Shah's arms in centre: a fish between two human figures, bare-headed, standing on a scroll, supporting a crown with one hand and holding a fly whisk in the other. Persian legend around: Country name, Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (clockwise, starting at left: Zarb Suba Awadh Bait es-Sultanat Lakhnau sanah 3 julus maimanat manus = Struck in the Province of Awadh, at the House of the Sultanate, Lucknow, (in the) year 3 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Border of rays between two circles. Ornaments of dots in field.
Web References: www.indiancoins.8m.com/awadh/AwadhMohammadAli.htm
Literature: Dayal, Ray Bahdur Proyag – Catalogue of the Coins of the Kings of Oudh – Provincial Museum, Lucknow. New Delhi, 1992. Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, Usa, 4th Edition, 2004 Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.