Mughal Empire AH 1110/42 rupee KM-300.6

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2373

This specimen was lot 2373 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AR rupee, Akbarabad, year 42, unusual variety, with a heart-shaped ornament instead of the Hijri date above the 'g' of aurangzeb, Unc, R." This type was struck at Akbarabad years 28-51 and is fairly common. The SCWC lists 116 mints but most did not strike half rupees. After the Mughals, the city reverted to its old name, Agra, but is still famous as the site of the Taj Mahal.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM-300.6.

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 1109/41 half rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1109/42 mohur, Alahabad mint
• AH 1110/43 mohur, Surat mint
• AH 1111/43 mohur, Bijapur mint
• AH 1112/44 1/2 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1112/44 mohur, Hyderabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1698