Mughal Empire AH 1038/1 rupee KM-222.11

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2189

This specimen was lot 2189 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $390. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Jahan I, 1628-1658, AR rupee, Multan, AH1038 year one (ahad), XF, Scarce." This mint struck this rupee in this style during AH 1037-1039 and in style 224 for AH 1038-1039. Twenty other mints shared in this issue.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.2-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.32 g.

Catalog reference: KM-222.11.

Source:

• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• AH 1037/21 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1037/22 (1627) rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1037/1 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1037/1 rupee, Burhanpur mint
• (1628) rupee, Golconda mint
• AH 1037/1 mohur, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1037/x rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1038/1 rupee, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1038/2 rupee, Multan mint
• AH 1038/2 rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1038/2 square rupee, Akbarabad mint
• AH 1038/2 mohur, Surat mint
• AH 1039/2 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1039/3 rupee, Multan mint
• AH 1039/2 mohur, Akbarabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1628