Indo-Greek: Antialcidas (115-95 BC), AR Bilingual Drachm, Bopearachchi Ser. 13

Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antialcidas

Antialcidas is not mentioned in Greek sources. Yet, his coins, as well as an inscription found in central India (the Heliodorus pillar), attest to his reign. Historians have different dates for the reign of Antialcidas, varying between 145 and 95 BC.

Mass=2.0 g

Obverse Helmeted, diademed, and draped bust right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ around, ΑΝΤΙΑΛΚΙΔΟΥ below


Reverse Zeus seated three-quarter to the left on throne, holding transverse sceptre in his left hand; Nike with wreath and palm branch on his outstretched right hand; in field left, forepart of elephant raising its trunk; below throne, monogram. Around: Karosthi legend Maharajasa Jayadharasa Amtialikidasa

Awadh: Wajid Ali Shah (AH1263-1272/1847-1856 AD), Rupee, AH1266/RY 3, Mint Epithet Variety IV, KM#365.1

Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajid_Ali_Shah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4wPgDqLyc


Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (Reign 13 February 1847 to 7 February 1856)


Royal coat of arms at the gate of Mausoleum of the Kings of Oudh at
Sibtainabad Imambara, Matiaburj, Kolkata

Mass=11.1 g

Obverse Poetic couplet in rayed circle:

Sikka Zad Bar Sim Wa Zar Fazl Wa Ta'id Ilah
Zill Hazz Wajid Ali Sultan Alam Badshah
Struck coin on silver and gold by the grace and help of God,
Shadow of the True One, Wajid Ali Shah, Sultan of the World, Emperor



Reverse Coat of arms in rayed circle: Two fish; in their mouths humanoid figures holding clubs and flags, supporting a crown surmounted by a parasol with a bird perched on top. Below are a shield and two swords and two clubs. At the bottom is a snake. Legend around: Zarb Mulk Awadh Bait Al-Sultanat Lakhnau Sanat 3 Jalus Maimanat Manus [Struck at Awadh, House of the Sultanate, Lucknow in the third year of (his) reign associated with prosperity]



Note: Two more mint epithet varieties are observed for the Rupee of Wajid Ali Shah. Variety V (KM#365.2) (Mulk Awadh Akhtarnagar) and Variety VI (KM#365.3) (Bait Al Sultanate Lakhnau Mulk Awadh Akhtarnagar)

Indo-Greek: Menander I (155-130 BC), AR Bilingual Drachm, Pushkalavati mint

Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkalavati

Mass=2.2 g

Obverse Diademed bust left, holding spear; Greek legend, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Of Saviour King Menander)


Reverse Athena advancing right, holding thunderbolt and shield; Karosthi legend Maharaja Tratasa Menadrasa (Of the King, the Saviour, Menander); monogram left

Mahmud of Ghazni (AH384-421,997-1030AD), AR "Yamini" Dirhem (Type 1c), AH389-421

Mass=3.0 g

Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni

Obverse Kufic La Ilaha Illa/Allah WahDahu/La Sharik Lahu (in three lines) [There is no god except Allah; He is Alone (Unique), there is no partner to Him]; 'Adl above, Yamini below



Reverse Kufic Muhammad Rasool Allah/Al-Qadir Billah/Yamin Al-Daulah (in three lines) [Muhammad is the prophet of Allah, Al-Qadir Billah (name of the Caliph), Yamin Al-Daulah (Mahmud's title, meaning "Right Hand of the Empire")]; Abu Al-Qasim above, Mahmud below

Vijayasena as Mahakshatrapa (SE 162-172/240-250 AD), AR Drachm, SE 163 (241 AD)

Mass=2.0 g

Obverse Bust facing right with close-fitting headdress; blundered Greek legend around. Dated 163 SE (Saka era) (163+78=241 AD)



Reverse Center: Three-arched hill (chaitya), crescent and star above, river below; Around: Brahmi legend Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damasenaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Vijayasenasa (King, Great Viceroy Damasena's son, King, Great Viceroy Vijayasena)

Qutb al-Din Bahadur Shah (AH 932 – 943; 1526–1537 AD), Billon Tanka with "Shah-i-Hind" couplet, AH937, Mint Shahr-i-Mukrram Muhammadabad (Champaner), R2289 Goron G361

Mass=8.5 g
Info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat

This coin bears one of my favourite couplets:

Harkera Ruye Riwaji Hast Bar Sathe Zamin
Sikka-i-Iqbal Shah-i-Hind Darab Bar Jabin

Whosoever possesses name and fame on the surface of the Earth
Bears on his forehead the stamp of the glory of the sovereign of India

These coins were tentatively attributed to Babur by Dr. Taylor (Numismatic Supplement XXXIII). Later, S.H. Hodivala attributed them to Qutb al-Din Bahadur Shah of Gujarat (Numismatic Supplement XL) and discovered parts of the mint name (Shahr-i-Mukrram Muhammadabad) in the margins of some specimens. These were issued between AH 935 and 940, the period during which Bahadur gained victories over the rulers of Deccan, Bidar, Malwa, and Ujjain.

Two varieties are known. The first one (shown here) has the reverse legend inside a square, with the mint name in the margins. The second type, issued in AH938 and 939, doesn't have the square and the mint name is absent,

Obverse Harkera Ruye Riwaji Hast Bar Sathe Zamin (Whosoever possesses name and fame on the surface of the Earth); Mint mark



Reverse Sikka-i-Iqbal Shah-i-Hind Darab Bar Jabin (Bears on his forehead the stamp of the glory of the sovereign of India); AH937