Daulatabad, Silver Rupee, 11.48g, in the name of Shah Alam II, RY 14, Obv: Symbol of horizontal Shiv Pindi, Rev: Trident on reverse (M&W 'miscellaneous' T17a). Very fine, extremely rare.
The mint-name here is clearly engraved as 'Daulatabad'. A mint of the Nizam of Hyderabad operated at Daulatabad and coins with the same RY having symbols with a distinct Nizam affinity are known as well. M&W comment that "the authors have no explanation for the issue of two distinct types of rupees in the same year from Daulatabad: one ostensibly Maratha and the other an issue of the Nizam". However, a clear reference to a Maratha mint being operational in Daulatabad fort is found in the charter given by Tukoji Holkar to operate the mint at Chandwad in 1774. While the city of Daulatabad was in Nizam’s possession, the treaty of Rakshasbhuwan ensured that the fort of Daulatabad was in Maratha hands.