Mughal Empire AH 1168/2 rupee KM-460.25
This specimen was lot 2414 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Alamgir II, 1754-1759, AR rupee, Burhanpur, AH1168 year 2, with the mint epithet Dar-us-Sarur, VF-XF." This type was struck at Burhanpur years 1-4 and is common. Burhanpur, now in Madhya Pradesh state, was annexed by Akbar in 1601. In the 1720's it was subjected to Maratha raids and was part of their empire in the 1750's.
Wikipedia notes, "Mirza Aziz-ud-Din Muhammad (Persian: زیزالدین محمد; 6 June 1699 – 29 November 1759), better known by his regnal name Alamgir II (Persian: عالمگیر دوم), was the fifteenth Mughal emperor from 1754 to 1759. He was the son of Jahandar Shah...[and]...was raised to the throne by Imad-ul-Mulk after he deposed Ahmad Shah Bahadur in 1754. On ascending the throne, he took the title of Alamgir and tried to follow the approach of Aurangzeb (Alamgir I). At the time of his accession to the throne he was 55 years old. He had no experience in administration or warfare as he had spent most of his life in jail. He was a weak ruler, with all the power resting in the hands of his vizier, Imad-ul-Mulk."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM-460.25.
- 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.
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