Delhi AH 961 rupee
This specimen was lot 2459 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "DELHI: Muhammad 'Adil, 1552-1556, AR rupee, Narnol, AH961, 2 small testmarks, XF, Scarce." Sher Shah was not a sultan of Delhi but an Afghan warrior who built an empire over much of Delhi's former territory. He defeated the Mughals in 1540 but was killed at the siege of Kalinjar fort in 1545. He is credited with introducing the rupee to replace the tanka. Wikipedia comments,
"Muhammad Adil Shah (Muhammad Mubariz Khan; died 1557) was Sultan of Hindustan from December 1554 until his defeat in January 1555. He was the last Suri ruler of the united empire, after which the empire fell into civil war."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.17 g, silver, this specimen 11.53 g.
Catalog reference: G-D1100.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Delhi AH 948 rupee, Shergarh mint
- Delhi AH 950 rupee, Satgaon mint
- Delhi AH 959 tanka
- Delhi AH 962 rupee, Sikandar III
- Coins and currency dated 1553