Awadh State ; Nawab Asaf ud-Daula (1775-1797 AD) ; Silver rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; Najibabad mint ; AH (1)201/RY 28

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Awadh State ; Nawab Asaf ud-Daula (1775-1797 AD) ; Silver rupee ; INO Shah Alam II ; Najibabad mint ; AH (1)201/RY 28 ; Weight : 11.26 Grams ; M&D 4.161 ; Very rare ;
Hostorical Note : The coin bears typical marks – a fish to the right of the RY and a crescent in second line obverse legend – of Najibabad mint. But it also has an interesting additional mark on the reverse to the left of the RY – a five-pointed star conjoined with the Persian letter ‘suad’/’zuad’ ;