East India Company, Madras Presidency, Later coinages 1812-35, Calcutta minting, silver Half-Rupee, 1823-5 issue for Dacca and Chittagong, ‘Arkat’, sikka mubarak badshah ghazi aziz-ud-din muhammad alamgir [The auspicious coin of the victorious emperor chosen of the faith of Muhammad Alamgir], frozen date 1172h above, rev. zarb arkat sanat 6 julus maimanat manus [Struck at Arkat in his 6th year of tranquil prosperity], rose, edge straight-grained, 5.82g/12h (Prid. 264 [Sale, lot 415]; Stevens 4.31; KM. 426); silver Eighth-Rupee, 1823-5 issue for Dacca and Chittagong, ‘Arkat’, sikka badshah Alamgir [Money of the emperor Alamgir], frozen date 1172h above, rev. zarb arkat sanat 6 [Struck at Arkat in his 6th year), rose, edge grained right, 1.45g/12h (Prid. 266 [Sale, lot 415]; Stevens 4.34; KM. 424); silver Sixteenth-Rupee, 1823-5 issue for Dacca and Chittagong, ‘Arkat’, similar, 0.72g/12h (Prid. 267 [Sale, lot 415]; Stevens 4.35; KM. 423) [3]. Extremely fine and toned £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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Second bt Alpine Coins (Portland, OR) September 1981
Third SNC (London) October 1980 (8598), ticket.

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