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# 377 / Rupee AH 1254 RY 1 Muhammad Alì Shah India D Princely States - Awadh
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# 378Rupee AH 1254 RY 1 Muhammad Alì ShahIndia D Princely States - Awadh India – Awadh (Oudh) – Muhammad Alì Shah (AH 1253-1258 / AD 1837-1842). Rupee AH 1254 RY Ahd (= First), Mint: Lakhnau (Suba Awadh Bait es-Sultanat), Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 10.99 g.). Edge: plain. P.Dayal 168, KM 316.1.
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). Divided date (125-4) above the bottom line. Mint mark 29 below the top line at right and 30 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. Numeral 1 above the fish. Persian legend around: Country name, Mint name with epithet and Julus formula (clockwise, starting at bottom left: Zarb Suba Awadh Bait es-Sultanat Lakhnau sanah ahd julus maimanat manus = Struck in the Province of Awadh, at the House of the Sultanate, Lucknow, (in the) First year (of his) reign associated with prosperity). 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.