East India Company Bombay Presidency gold Mohur, Surat mint, AH 1173/RY 46
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-15 issue
This gold mohur represents the later Moghul-style coinage struck by the East India Company within the Bombay Presidency at the Surat mint between 1800 and 1815.
The coin is issued in the name of the Moghul Emperor Shah Alam II, utilizing a frozen regnal year 46. The obverse features the inscription 'sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam', translating to 'the auspicious coin of the victorious emperor Shah Alam'. The reverse bears the inscription 'zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus', indicating the coin was struck at Surat in the 46th year of tranquil prosperity. The specimen includes a specific privy mark 1.
The coin has a weight of 11.64g and a die axis of 6h. These coins were part of a broader monetary system established after the British East India Company took over the revenue and management of Surat in 1800, involving various denominations that were produced until the mint's closure for gold and silver coinage in November 1815.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 11.64g
- Material
- gold
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Surat
- Die axis
- 6h
- Privy mark
- 1
- Denomination
- Mohur
Design
- Obverse
- sikka mubarak badshah ghazi shah alam
- Reverse
- zarb surat sanah 46 julus maimanat manus
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Surat Mint
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