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1 Trambiyo - Shah Jahan III [Bhavsinhji I Ratanji]
| Issuer | Bhavnagar, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1759-1760 |
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| Reference(s) | C#14 |
| Obverse description | Crude Nagari script inscription occupying the central field of this irregularly shaped hammered copper flan, reading 'Sri' (श्री), an auspicious honorific. The characters are rendered in a naive, somewhat archaic style typical of small Kathiawar princely state coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. The flan edges are irregular and uneven, consistent with hand-struck production methods of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Persian |
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Bhavnagar's coinage under Bhavsinhji I was issued in the name of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan III, whose reign lasted a matter of months in 1759 before he was deposed — making him one of the most nominal sovereigns ever invoked on a princely state's copper. By that point, Mughal imperial authority had collapsed so thoroughly that the attribution was pure formality, a legal fiction maintained by Rajput chiefs who had effectively governed their own territories for decades.