Extremely Fine, Extremely Rare.

Zafarabad' is usually identified with Bidar in Karnataka - however, by the time this coin was struck the name of Bidar had reverted to 'Muhammadabad' from 'Zafarabad' which was a relic from the reign of Aurangzeb Alamgir. The location of 'Zafarabad' of this coin is therefore more likely to be the fortified town of Taimurni in Akola district of Maharashtra, which was previously known as 'Zafarnagar' and 'Zafarpur'. Currently the town is known as 'Jafarabad', the distinction between 'Jafar' and 'Zafar' being phonetically interchangeable in Marathi language. The coin must have been issued under the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad.