BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR nazarana rupee (11.14g), Shahjahanabad, AH1218

BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR nazarana rupee (11.14g), Shahjahanabad, AH1218 year 46, Stv-8.23 (this piece), KM-712, in the name of Shah Alam II, with British lion to right of the umbrella in obverse center, slight weakness at the rim, EF to About Unc, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection, ex K.W. Wiggins Collection. Although technically, Delhi, called Shahjahanabad on the coins, was the nominal capital of the shrunken Mughal Empire, by then effectively under British suzerainty, as persuasively argued by Paul Stevens and Sanjay Garg, based on government documents preserved in both London and Delhi.

Estimate: 1,400-1,800 USD