INDIA, Independent States. Rohilkhand. Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla. 1857-1860. AR Rupee (26mm, 11.02 g, 6h). In the name of Shah Alam II. Bareli mint. Dually dated AH 1274 and RY 74 (Struck 1857-1858). EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 1077. Estimated: $ 5 000

World, Silver

Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

INDIA, Independent States. Rohilkhand. Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla. 1857-1860. AR Rupee (26mm, 11.02 g, 6h). In the name of Shah Alam II. Bareli mint. Dually dated AH 1274 and RY 74 (Struck 1857-1858). Couplet citing Shah Alam II / Mint and RY date formula; AH date to upper right. KM 46 corr. (RY date read as 74); Zeno 109154. Iridescent toning, slight peripheral weakness. EF. Extremely rare, only two examples in CoinArchives.

Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla (1823 – 24 February 1860) was the grandson of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, the Nawab of Rohilkhand in Uttar Pradesh. He formed his own government in Bareli during the 1857 Indian Mutiny against the British. When the British captured Bareli, Rohilla escaped to Nepal where the Nepalese seized him and returned him to the British. Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla was tried, sentenced to death, and hanged in the Kotwali Police Station on 24 February 1860.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session Four – Lots 991-1315 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 11 January 2023 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.