Rupee

Object Details

• Description

  Obverse: A legend in Persian script, partly off flan, of the ruler's name and title: Asaf Jah, Nizam al-Mulk; at bottom of flan the Hijri date 1278

  Reverse: A legend in Persian script, partly off flan; with Regnal year 6 at top left

• Provenance

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), acquired in 1907 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] No purchase information is available for this object. See Reserved List, R. 5261, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession File, Collections Management Office.

  [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Exchange Media

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1860s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Andhra Pradesh state, Hyderabad, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Silver, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Asafjahi dynasty (1724-1948), Metal-work

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Exchange media