Sironj AH 1172/1 rupee
This specimen was lot 2718 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "SIRONJ: AR rupee, Sironj, AH1172 year one (ahad), in the name of Shah Alam II (but dated one year before his accession!), pleasing XF, R." Sironj is one of the Tonk states between Gwalior and Bhopal; at the time this coin was issued, it was a vassal of Indore. Numista comments, "From 1754 (AH1168/RY#1 of Alamgir II) until 1798 (AH1212/RY#40 of Shah Alam II) Sironj was held by Indore as a feudatory. This Rupee is listed under the reign of Shah Alam II, but it was [dat]ed the year before his reign began."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 11.3 g, silver, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 11.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM-101.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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