Mughal Empire AH 984 shahrukhi

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2479

This specimen was lot 2479 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR shahrukhi, NM, AH984, countermarked 'adl-i akbar 984 on a Shaybanid tanka of Iskandar, who ruled AH968-991, crude EF on VG host, nice Fine." 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).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM-, A-S2464.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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.

Links:

• AH 963 (1555) shahrukhi, Lahore mint
• AH 983 (1576) rupee, Ahmadabad Mint
• AH 984 rupee, Ahmadabad Mint
• AH 984 mohur, Ahmadabad mint
• IE 22 (1577-78) rupee, Lahore Mint
• AH 986 (1578) rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 986 square rupee, Jaunpur mint
• AH 986 (1578) mohur, Jaunpur mint
• Coins and currency dated 1576