Mughal Empire AH 1027/13 rupee KM-145.12

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2545

This specimen was lot 2545 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $90. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Patna, AH1027 year 13, month of Aban, without any testmarks, lovely VF-XF." This mint struck this type years 6-22 and is common. Twenty mints struck this type, of which Tatta and Ahmadabad are the most common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM-145.12.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• AH 1026/12 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1026/12 rupee, Tatta mint
• AH 1026/12 square rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1027 (1618) mahmudi, Mulher mint
• AH 1027/13 (1618) half rupee, zodiac series, Cancer, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Delhi mint
• AH 1027/13 zodiac rupee, Cancer, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1027/13 (1618) rupee, Qandahar mint
• AH 1027/13 rupee, Lahore mint
• AH 1029/14 rupee, Qandahar mint
• AH 1029/14 (1619) rupee, Lahore Mint
• AH 1030/16 rupee, Patna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1618