Mughal Empire AH 1119/1 rupee KM-344A
This specimen was lot 661 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Alam Bahadur, 1707-1712, AR rupee, Multan, AH1119 year one (ahad), discussed in detail on Zeno-79258, with more information at Zeno-332025, one of the rarest Mughal types, struck only at Multan in AH1119 year one, all from the same pair of dies, all 4 pieces with testmarks; 3 testmarks on this piece, VF, RRRR. The couplet on the obverse as translated for Zeno-332025: 'The drum was beaten across seven realms, the coin was struck over the sun and moon / Protector of Muhammad's faith, Shah Alam (the king of the world), the emperor.'" The later style rupees of Multan (KM 347.15) are common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM-344A.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 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.
Links:
- AH 1119/51 mohur, Multan mint
- AH 1119 mohur, Shahjahanabad Mint, Alam Bahadur
- AH 1119/1 rupee, Burhanpur mint
- AH 1119/1 rupee, Surat mint, Azam Shah
- AH 1120/2 rupee, Haidarabad mint, Kam Bakhsh
- AH 1120/2 mohur, Itawa mint
- AH 1120/2 mohur, Khujista Bunyad mint
- AH 1122/4 rupee, Kashmir mint
- Coins and currency dated 1707