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Hyderabad, Salabat Jung (AH 1164-1175 /1752-1762 AD), Koilkonda Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 1166, “Ba-fazle Elah”&nbsp;Couplet,&nbsp;In the name of Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Obv: Persian legend “Sikka&nbsp;zad dar&nbsp;jahan&nbsp;ba fazle&nbsp;elah, Shah Alam panah&nbsp;Ahmad Shah” with Hijri year 1166, Rev: Persian legend “sana julus” &amp; “zarb&nbsp;Koilkonda”&nbsp;completely visible at the bottom, 11.30g, 22.07mm,&nbsp;(Unlisted in KM), no test mark, counter-stamped mark, about very fine, Extremely Rare. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Note:&nbsp;These extremely rare coins are the only known examples of the&nbsp;Koilkonda Rupee&nbsp;issued in the name of&nbsp;Ahmad Shah Bahadur. During the turbulent&nbsp;1750s, the&nbsp;Nizam of Hyderabad’s dynasty&nbsp;faced intense internal conflict among the sons of&nbsp;Asaf Jah I. With the first two heirs killed in rapid succession and the third reduced to a puppet under&nbsp;Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, political instability engulfed the Deccan. <o:p></o:p>Amid this chaos, several local rulers and feudatories asserted their autonomy by striking coins in their own names. It was during this period that a number of&nbsp;minor and short-lived mints&nbsp;emerged, including&nbsp;Koilkonda, Amarchinta, Arki, Charikonda, Gurmatkal, Medak, Maktal, Musheerabad, Tahniyatnagar,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jatprole, alongside the better-known&nbsp;Qamarnagar&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dilshadabad. <o:p></o:p>The&nbsp;Koilkonda issue&nbsp;represents one of the rarest coinages from this era of fragmented authority in the Deccan — a fascinating relic of regional assertion during the decline of Mughal power. Many mints and their issues from this period remain&nbsp;unpublished and undocumented, adding to the importance and rarity of this remarkable specimen.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;

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