Mughal Empire AH 1113/45 rupee KM-300.55

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2377

This specimen was lot 2377 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AR rupee, Machhlipattan, AH1113 year 45, 3 small testmarks; superior strike, choice XF." This type was struck at Machhlipattan (today Machilipatnam) years 31-52 and is scarce. The SCWC lists 116 mints. Machilipatnam is a city in the center of Andra Pradesh state and was the port of Golkonda. It was captured by the East India Company in 1759.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.49 g.

Catalog reference: KM-300.55.

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 1112/44 1/2 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1112/44 mohur, Hyderabad mint
• AH 1113/46 mohur, Itawa mint
• AH 1114/46 mohur, Lahore mint
• AH 1115/47 rupee, Burhanpur mint
• AH 1115/47 rupee, Sholapur mint
• AH 1115/47 mohur, Multan Mint
• AH 1135/5 rupee, Machhlipattan mint
• Coins and currency dated 1701