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Quarter Arkot-rupee from Madras, India, of the English East India Company (EIC), in the name of Shah Alamgir II, 1172 [=1759]

1817 - 1835 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Silver coin. Obverse: inscription in Arabic characters in two lines with date indication at top: 1172. Reverse: inscription in Arabic characters in two lines. At top indication of regnal year: 6 with to the left thereof a lotus flower [=mint Madras]. Struck in the years 1817-1835 at Madras. Inner cabled edge.

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Credit line1/4 Arkot-roepie uit Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) op naam van sjah Alamgir II, 1172 [=1759]. 1817 - 1835. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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