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Catalogue Prepared by : Shah Girish Jagshi Veera Academic Advisor : Dr B H U J On Friday, 26th July 2019, 79 5.30 pm onwards Bangalore 159 491 395 204 B H U J AUCTIONEER OF COINS, BANK NOTES, STAMPS AND MEDALS Auction # 79 Jain Vir Samvat 2545, Vikram Samvat, Ashadha, Navami, 2076, Shalivahan Sake 1941 On Friday, 26th July 2019, 5.30 pm onwards At Shikshakara Sadan, K.G. Road, Bangalore - 560 002. In conjunction with Nanyadarshini 2019 Organize by karnataka Numismatic Society OSWAL ANTIQUES Girish J. Veera Antiques License No. 15 Shop No. 2, Chandra Mahal, St. Paul Street, Hindmata, Dadar, Mumbai 400014. India By Appointment (11 am to 5 pm) Phone: 022-2412 5204 Fax: +91-22-2414 9917 Mobile No: +91-8104199202 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.oswal.auction Please Note: Items over 100 years old cannot be taken out of India without the permission of the Director general, Archaeological Survey of India, Janpath, New India 110 011. 1 Oswal Auction # 79 Friday, July 26th, 2019 at 5.30 pm | Bangalore Order of sale • Ancient ................................................................................................................................................ Lots 1 - 126 • Medieval India...................................................................................................................................... Lots 127 - 198 • Sultanates .......................................................................................................................................... Lots 199 - 224 • Mughal ................................................................................................................................................ Lots 225 - 308 • Independent Kingdoms ...................................................................................................................... Lots 309 - 427 • Princely States .................................................................................................................................. Lots 428 - 496 • Indo Danish ........................................................................................................................................ Lots 497 • Indo French ........................................................................................................................................ Lots 498 - 500 • Indo Dutch .......................................................................................................................................... Lots 501 - 503 • Indo Portuguese ................................................................................................................................. Lots 504 - 514 • East India Company - Bengal Presidency .......................................................................................... Lots 515 - 520 • East India Company - Bombay Presidency ........................................................................................ Lots 521 - 529 • East India Company - Madras Presidency...........................................................................................Lots 530 - 539 • East India Company - Uniform Coinage ............................................................................................. Lots 540 - 547 • British India ........................................................................................................................................ Lots 548 - 560 • Republic of India ................................................................................................................................ Lots 561 - 564 • Foreign Coins ..................................................................................................................................... Lots 565 - 574 • Token & Badge ................................................................................................................................... Lots 575 - 576 • Medals ................................................................................................................................................ Lots 577 - 595 • Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................... Lots 596 - 602 • Paper Money ...................................................................................................................................... Lots 603 - 616 PRELIMINARY LOT VIEWING: Please Note By Appointment only. To schedule an appointment please contact at GSTIN: 27AACPV0832D1ZY 22-2412 5204 +91-81041 99202 (10.30 am to 5.30 pm) Buyer's Premium 12.50% Buyers Premium LOT VIEWING: 5.00% GST on Numismatic Items Auction Venue at 11.30 to 6.00 pm 2.25% GST on Buyers Premium 19.75% Total Buyers Premium Bidding Methods: Plus 18% GST on Shipping & Insurance Charges. • Live Floor Bidding: Any Changes in Government Levies will be Applicable to buyers. Bid in person during the floor session. • Internet Bidding: Our Bankers: ICICI Bank, Dadar Branch, Mumbai Internet Absentee bidding ends at 4.00 pm (IST) before 2 hours of Oswal Antiques: A/c No. 003205004383 Auction. Visit our Website @ www.oswal.auction NEFT/ RTGS: ICIC0000032 • Fax Bidding: Live Internet Bidding: Fax: +91-22-2414 9917 You Can now bid live through our website as well Mobile Application. However internet Fax must be received on or before 25th July, 2019 by 6:00 pm. speed of your computer or mobile data can effect your live bidding speed. • Mail Bidding: [email protected] We are not responsible for any technical glitch if arise Mail must be received on or before 25th July by 6:00 pm. • Telephone bidding: Some of the images may be not to Scale and Colours may appear different, we mentioned Scale/ Percentage of Items however chances Telephone bidding available with prior arrangements only for Lots of Human error remains. We highly recommend to view/ scrutinise Lots value above ` 50,000/- for better judgment of Grading. Please Contact us at +91-8104199202 Catalogue Prepared by : Shah Girish Jagshi Veera Academic Advisor : Dr. Shailendra Bhandare Design & Layout by : Oswal Auction Team Asst. Keeper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK For more pictures of the lots in this auction view the catalogue online at: www.oswal.auction 2 visit www.oswal.auction Ancient 3 4 2 1 1 Punch Marked, Attributed to Shankya Janapada, “Narhan Hoard” type, Silver 5 Shana, 6.09g, Uniface (Rajgor Series 33). Uncleaned, very fine, scarce. Suddodhana Father of the Lord Buddha was chief of Shakya's. Their capital was known as Kapilavastu. Lumbini _ Vana the birth place of the Lord Buddha can be identified with Rummin _ Dei is located around 10 miles to the east of Kapilavastu. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 4,000-5,000 2 Punch Marked, Attributed to Kuntala Janapada- Wai series, Silver Double Karshapana, 6.88g, Uniface, “Pulley” type, without Treskelis symbol (Rajgor Series 29). Uncleaned, very fine+, very rare. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 15,000-20,000 3 Punch Marked, Attributed to Kuntala Janapada- Wai series, Silver Fractional Karshapana, 0.39g, Uniface, “Pulley” type, without Treskelis symbol (Rajgor Series 29). Extremely fine, extremely rare. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 18,000-20,000 4 Punch Marked, Attributed to Chedi Janapad, Silver Karshapana (2), 3.34g, 3.35g, “Bargama Hoard” type, ABCC pattern with configuration of four symbol, Obv. Elephant on top on bottom downside crescent and twice geometric symbol, Rev. various banker marks including animal and geometric symbol. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 4,000-5,000 8 5 6 7 5 Punch Marked, Attributed to Vidarbha Janapada, Silver 1/2 Karshapana, 1.62g, four symbol series of ABCC type, 1 X Elephant walking to left joined crescent above, 1 X downward Taurine within dotted border and 2 X six pointed star with small circle on each corner on obverse. Extremely fine, rare. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 2,000-2,500 6 Punch Marked, Middle Ganges Valley, Attributed to Kashi Janapada, Silver 1 Shana, 0.83g, “Repousse fabric” (Rajgor series 53), broken into two but restored using old binding technique. Extremely rare. Coins of this type constitute some of the rarest series of archaic punch-marked coins, often encountered broken because of their thin flans. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 15,000-20,000 7 Punch Marked, Attributed to Kashi Janapada under Kosala, Silver Vimashatika, 2.68g, ABCD configuration, four symbol type, Obv: Humped bull to left, English 'S' type symbol and traces of other symbol, Rev: Traces of main symbol with eight spooked wheel and other symbol (Similar to Rajgor Series 58 but double weight). Very fine, very rare. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 5,000-6,000 8 Punch Marked, Attributed to Kosala Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.14g, Obv. Five pointed star a big dot within and geometric symbol, Rev. Bankers marks. Very fine. .Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 1,500-2,000 9 Punch Marked, Attributed to Kosala and Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana (11), Obv: Various symbol on Magadha including sun, six armed, bull, tree, taurine flanked by dots and other geometric symbol and on Kosala various symbols including English type “S” and Geometric symbol on obverse, Rev: Bankers marks. Very fine to very fine+. 11 coins. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 7,000-8,000 10 Punch Marked, Attributed to Vanga Janapada, Debased Silver Karshapana, 2.35g, Obv: Wheel, six armed and ship symbol, Rev: Conch as counter mark (Rajgor Series 4). Very fine. Sold ` ....................... Estimate: ` 1,500-2,000 11 Mauryan/ Sunga Period,
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