Mughal Empire AH 935 shahrukhi
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This specimen was lot 2468 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Babur, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, (Agra), AH935, pleasing F-VF." 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 It was eventually superseded by the rupee.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.
Specification: 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.64 g.
Catalog reference: A-2462.3, Rahman-100.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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