Kashmir AH 962 sasnu
This specimen was lot 2282 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "KASHMIR: Habib, 1555, AR square sasnu, Kashmir, AH962//959, dated 962 on the obverse (9)59 on the reverse; all his coins cite Habib only with his alternative name Mahmud, 3 small testmarks, but a very attractive example, VF, R." The Sultanate of Kashmir was a Muslim state which wrested its independence from the crumbling Mongol Empire in the mid fourteenth century. They successfully fended off Mughal attacks in the early sixteenth century but succumbed to a full scale invasion led by the emperor Akbar in 1585. The last of the Chak dynasty surrendered in 1589. Kashmir is today partitioned between India and Pakistan, who have fought several wars over the province.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.7-6.2 g, silver, this specimen 6.14 g.
Catalog reference: G-K116.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
Link to:
- Delhi AH 961 rupee, Narnol mint
- Delhi AH 962 rupee, Sikandar III
- Mughal Empire AH 962 shahrukhi
- Coins and currency dated 1554