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Zahir ud
din Muhammad Babur – A Numismatic Study by Aman ur
Rahman. This much awaited
and very much needed book on Babur is authored by a
scholar who has studied coins of Babur and Humayun for
years together. This A-4 size book, hard bound with
fly jacket; 150 gram art paper printed in colour; 140
pages of which 37 colour plates illustrating 345 coins
is divided in to four Chapters – Introduction; Summary
of Events of Numismatic Bearings; Commentary
including in-depth study covering General, Evolution
of Legends, Economy and Coin Circulation, Mint Town
History, Countermarked Coins, Re-attribution, Vassalage
Coinage, Die Analysis and Rarity Table; Catalogue divided
into mints of Central Asian (Badakhshan, Balkh, Ghazni,
Kabul, Qandahar, Qunduz, Samarkand, Mintless, Mintless/Dateless),
and Indian Mints (Agra, Jaunpur, Lahore, Luknur, Thatta,
Urdu, Countermarks, and Mis-strikes and Counterfeits.
Three appendices include Genealogical Table; Provenance,
die-numbering and rarity rating; and Die link example.
The
book is exclusively distributed in India
by the Reesha Books International.
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