Mughal Empire AH 1121/3 rupee KM-347.16

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2195

This specimen was lot 2195 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Shah Alam Bahadur, 1707-1712, AR rupee, Peshawar, AH1121 year 3, very rare variety, with floral symbol at the far right of the reverse, 2 small testmarks, bold VF, RR." The Peshawar mint struck this rupee in years 3 and 4 only. SCWC lists 21 mints for the type 347 rupee. Peshawar, now in Pakistan, was captured by the emperor Babur in 1526 and held by the Mughals until 1738, when it was taken by the Afsharids.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better mint.

Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM-347.16.

Source:

• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• AH 1120/2 rupee, Haidarabad mint, Kam Bakhsh
• AH 1121/3 (1709) rupee, Khujista Bunyad mint
• AH 1122/4 rupee, Kashmir mint
• Coins and currency dated 1709