Mughal Empire AH 933 shahrukhi
This specimen was lot 2918 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Babur, 3rd reign, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, Kabul, AH933, full bold mint & date, VF." The Mughal Empire dominated India during the seventeenth century but broke up in the eighteenth century under external attack, Hindu rebellion and civil war. This collapse allowed European colonizers entry into the subcontinent and eventual British control. 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 It was eventually superseded by the rupee. The obverse of this coin is inscribed with Kalima with the names of the four Khalifas and their epithet in the margin. The reverse of these coins depicts names and title of the king with mint name and date. Kabul in Afghanistan is the most common mint.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4-5 g, silver, this specimen 4.81 g.
Catalog reference: A-2462.3, Rahman-28.
- 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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