Mysore AH119x(15) mohur
This specimen was lot 912 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Haidar Ali, 1761-1782, AV mohur, Bahadurpatan, AH119x year 15, in the name of Shah Alam II, one tiny testmark on the edge, EF, RR. There are 2 examples of year 15 recorded on CoinArchives, both from the same pair of dies." This type was struck years 14-20. Haidar Ali and his son Tipu, both Sultans of Mysore, were the chief obstacles to British hegemony in south India in the late eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.4 g, gold, this specimen 10.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM-6, Henderson—.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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