Item number: A1242

Year: AD 1782

Material: Gold

Size: 17.9 x 17.8 mm

Manufactured by: Najibabad Mint

Provenance: Spink 2024

This is a Mohur gold coin minted in AD 1782 by the Oudh State, one of the wealthiest territories under the Mughal Empire. The obverse side features an Urdu inscription indicating that the coin was minted in Najibabad during the 23rd regnal year of Shah Alam II. Both the obverse and reverse sides bear five-petalled floral motifs, serving as the mintmark of the Najibabad mint. The reverse side is also inscribed in Urdu, displaying the name and titles of Shah Alam II.

The Oudh State was originally established as one of the subahs (provinces) in north-central India during the founding of the Mughal Empire. By the 18th century, as the imperial authority under Shah Alam II declined, Oudh gradually consolidated greater autonomy. However, the coins continued to bear the name and titles of the Mughal emperor, symbolising nominal allegiance. It was not until AD 1819 that Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the ruler of Oudh, began minting coins featuring his own name and state emblem, marking the state’s formal break from Mughal control.

物件編號: A1242

年代: 公元 1782 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 17.9 x 17.8 mm

製造地: 納吉巴巴德鑄幣廠

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2024

這是一枚公元1782年，蒙兀爾帝國轄下最為富饒的奧德土邦所鑄造的莫哈爾金幣。正面以烏爾都文標示在時任蒙兀兒皇帝的沙·阿拉姆二世的第23年統治年間於納吉巴巴德鑄造，正反兩面的五瓣花飾為納吉巴巴德鑄幣廠的戳記。背面則以烏爾都文打印沙·阿拉姆二世的名字和頭銜。

奧德土邦為蒙兀爾帝國創立之初，設置於印度中北部的其中一個「蘇巴」即行省。公元18世紀中，蒙兀爾帝國的皇權在沙·阿拉姆二世衰弱之際，奧德土邦逐漸強化自身的自主性，但仍持續在硬幣上註記蒙兀爾皇帝名諱和頭銜。直到公元1819年，奧德土邦統治者的加齊·烏德·丁·海德爾·沙阿方才在硬幣打印自己的名諱和國徽，標示奧德土邦脫離蒙兀爾帝國的控制。