INDIA, Colonial. British India. Bombay Presidency. Rupee (Silver, 24 mm, 11.41 g, 6 h), East India Company issue in the name of Shah ʿAli Gauhar (i.e., Shah Alam II), AH 1172-1220 / AD 1759-1806, FE 1239 = AD 1829. Traces of ‘… julūs-i maymanat maʾnūs’ (‘… the prosperous reign’ in Persian); to left, ‘1239’ (in Devanāgarī); the so-called ‘serpent hood’ privy mark. Rev. Traces of ‘pādishāh-i Ghāzī Shāh ʿAlī Gauhar’ (‘The holy warrior king, Shah ʿAli Gauhar’ in Persian). KM 125 (as Maratha). Tiny marks and light doubling on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.



ʿAli Gauhar was the birth name of Shah Alam II.