Mughal Empire AH 934 shahrukhi
This specimen was lot 2474 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Babur, 3rd reign, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, NM, AH934, with the title 'Ghazi' after his conquest of much of India in 1526, possibly struck at Kabul, 1 testmark, wonderful strike without any weakness whatsoever! lovely 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 It was eventually superseded by the rupee. Babur (r. 1526-30) established Mughal power in India by destroying the Delhi sultanate at the battle of Panipat (1526) and the Rajputs at the battle of Khanwa (1527).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.74 g.
Catalog reference: Rahman-55.
- 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 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.
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