Mughal Empire AH 1096 paisa KM-285.11
This specimen was lot 2612 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $48. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AE paisa, Surat, AH1096, nice strike, VF." Aurangzeb succeeded Shah Jahan and, after eliminating his brothers, expanded the empire to its maximum extent. However, his intolerance of Hinduism sowed the seed for later revolts. His successors were not able to cope with external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war and the empire broke up in the eighteenth century. Surat struck this style intermittently years 12-44 along with 29 mints. One rupee was 64 paise.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specifications: 12.3-14.1 g, copper, this specimen 13.64 g.
Catalog reference: KM-285.11.
- 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.
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