Mughal Empire AH 1017 rupee KM-86.1

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2315

This specimen was lot 2315 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Bangala, AH1017, posthumous issue with the "Kabe Roshan" couplet, rare date, with 3 banker's marks on the edge, lovely XF-AU, R." This rupee was struck AH 1009-1011 and 1018 and Bangala was the sole mint for this scarce type. No regnal date is present.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.2-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.29 g.

Catalog reference: KM-86.1.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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.

Links:

• AH 1016 (1607) square rupee, Bangala mint
• AH 1016 rupee, Elichpur mint
• AH 1016/2 jahangiri rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1017 ½ dam ravani, Qandahar mint
• AH 1017/3 sawai rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1608