Ujjain Mint, Gold, 10.91 g, Mohur, Dar ul Fath Ujjain mint name at bottom on rev, issued in the name of Mughal Emperor Alamgir II, RY 7, with Persian couplet, Zad Sikka chu Sahib Qirani, Aziz ud din Alamgir Sani. Extremely Fine, Unpublished, Very Rare.
Lingen & Wiggins in their monumental book, Coinage of the Sindhias attribute silver Rupees similar to this coin to Jayappa Sindhia the first Sindhia ‘ruler’. However, at this early date, the Sindhias were still secondary courtiers of the Peshwa and as such this coin is more appropriately attributed to the Marathas. By RY 7, Jayappa had already died and the Sindhia domains were in the hands of his son Jankoji Sindhia and brother Dattaji Sindhia. This coin was struck under Maratha rule with Jayappa Sindhia as Governor, he was a Maratha general who ruled in north India from 1745 to 1755. An interesting piece of Maratha History!
