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Auction: 17006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 184

India, Mysore, Tipu Sultan (1783-99), Double-Rupee (Haidari), Patan (Seringapatam), AH1298, cyclic year azal (38), rev. also naming cyclic year azal, regnal year ahd, edge, trilobed graining (Henderson -; KM -; Moin, Coinage of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, type 1, p.27), minor surface marks, good extremely fine, extremely rare, only one other recorded with this regnal year

Tipu named his double-rupees 'Haidari.' Although its literal meaning is 'lion' this was also the name of the fourth Caliph and first Iman Ali, and also that of Tipu's father, Haidar Ali.


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