3. Awadh: Wājid ’Ali Shāh. 1264-2 R. AV. Muhar.
Obv., arms of Awadh; around, _Z̤arb-i-mulk-i-Āwadh baitu-s-salt̤anat
Lakhnau sana 2 julūs-i-maimanat-i-mānūs_, “Struck in the
country of Awadh, at the seat of sovereignty, Lakhnau,” etc.
Rev., _Sikka zad bar sīm u zar az faẓl-i-tāʾīdu-llah_, ||
_Z̤ill-i-haqq Wājid ’Alī Sult̤ān-i-’ālam bādshāh_.
“Struck coin in silver and gold through the grace of the
divine help, the shade of God, Wājid ’Alī, sultan of the
world, the king.” Date, _2_.
4. Ḥaidarābād. Sikandar Jāh, in the name of the Mug̱ẖal Akbar II.
AR. Rupee.
Obv., _Sikka-i-mubārak-i-bādshāh g̱ẖāzī Muḥammad Akbar Shāh,
1237_, “Blessed coin of the king,” etc.; with initial letter
“sīn” of Sikandar.
Rev., as on No. 1, but year _16_, and mint, _Farḵẖ̱anda bunyād
Ḥaidarābād_, “Ḥaidarābād, of fortunate foundation.”
5. Mysore. Tīpū. Seringapatam. Æ. 20 cash.
Obv., elephant with lowered trunk to right.
Rev., _Ẓarb-i-Pattan_.
6. Nepāl. Pṛithvī Nārāyaṇa. AR. Wt. 84 grs.
Obv., within circle a square; above sun and moon; below date,
_1691_ (Śaka = A.D. 1769); at sides ornaments. In square,
small circle containing trident in centre; around, in Nāgarī,
_Śrī Śrī Pṛithvī Nārāyaṇa Sāhadeva_.
Rev., within central circle, _Śrī Śrī Bhavānī_; marginal legend,
each character in an ornament, _Śrī Śrī Gorakhanātha_.
7. Indore. Jaśwant Rāo. AR. Rupee.
Obv., in Sanskrit, _Śrī Indraprasthasthito rājā chakravartī
bhumaṇḍale_, || _Tatprasādat kṛitā mudrā lokesmin vai
virājite_.
Rev., _Lakshmīkāntapadāmbhoja-bhramara-rājitachetasaḥ_,
|| _Yeśawantasya vikhyātā mudraisha pṛithivītale_,
“By permission of the king of Indraprastha (Dehlī), the
emperor of the world, this coin has been struck by the
renowned Yaśwant, whose heart is as the black bee on the
lotus-foot of Lakshmīkānt, to circulate through the earth,
Śaka 1728” (= A.D. 1806).
8. Assam: Gaurīnātha Siṁha. AR. Wt. 88·4 grs.
Obv., within dotted border in Bengālī script, _Śrī Śrī Gaurīnātha
Siṁha nṛipasya_, “(Coin) of the king, Śrī Gaurīnātha Siṁha.”
Rev., _Śrī Śrī Hara-Gaurīpadaparasya_, “Devoted to the feet of
Hara and Gaurī.”
9. East India Company. Murshidābād. In the name of Shāh ’Ālam II.
AR. Rupee (machine struck).
Obv., legend as No. 1, no date.
Rev., as No. 1, but mint, Murshidābād, and Company’s mark
cinquefoil.
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