Mughal Empire IE 46 rupee KM-93.8

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 2319

This specimen was lot 2319 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR dirham, Delhi, IE46, month of Isfandarmuz, bold strike, choice VF." This rupee was struck at Delhi IE 44-50 and is somewhat scarce. In total, 21 mints, including Lahore and Ahmadabad, struck this type, starting in IE 37. The Ilahi Era (IE) was a solar calendar used during Akbar's reign for the dating of coinage and was abandoned a few years after his death.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.41 g.

Catalog reference: KM-93.8.

Sources:

  • Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
  • 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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