Mughal Empire AH 915 shahrukhi
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This specimen was lot 873 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Babur, 3rd reign, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, Badakhshan, AH915, excellent example, date weak but sufficiently legible (and confirmed by die-link), VF, RR." The shahrukhi was originally a silver coin minted by Shah Rukh of the Timurid Empire (r. 1405-47) and was adopted by the early Mughal Emperors (Babur, Humayan and Akbar). It was eventually superseded by the rupee.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.67 g.
Catalog reference: Rahman-01.03 (same dies).
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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