Mughal Empire AH 1112/44 1/2 rupee KM-294.6

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2370

This specimen was lot 2370 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AR 1/2 rupee, Surat, AH1112 year 44, an attractive nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58." This type was struck at Surat years 8-13, 18, 21-51 and is common as half rupees go. The SCWC lists 116 mints but most did not strike half rupees.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 5.5-5.8 g, silver, this specimen 5.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM-294.6.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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 1111/43 mohur, Bijapur mint
• AH 1112/44 mohur, Hyderabad mint
• AH 1113/45 rupee, Machhlipattan mint
• AH 1113/46 mohur, Itawa mint
• AH 1114/46 mohur, Lahore mint
• Coins and currency dated 1700