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[[Image:India c1670 mohur CNG 483.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Lissner sale, lot 483]]

This specimen was lot 483 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,541. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA, [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Muhyi al-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir. AH 1068-1118/AD 1658-1707. AV Mohur. Khujista Bunyad mint. Dually dated AH 1081 and RY 13 (21 May AD 1670-9 May AD 1671). In NGC encapsulation graded MS 67. Gem uncirculated and sharply struck. Purchased from Frank Lapa, January 1970." This type is listed from over forty mints in India. 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.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 10.8-11 g, gold. This specimen is Ø19 mm, 11.13 g, 6h axis.

''Catalog reference:'' Wright –; Hull 1693; KM 315.30, Fr-808. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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. 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., ''The Richard Lissner Collection,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

''Link to:''
* [[Mughal Empire AH1076/8 mohur Fr-810|AH 1076/8 mohur, Aurangabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1080/12 mohur Fr-810|AH 1080/12 mohur, Aurangabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1081/15 mohur Fr-810|AH 1081/15 mohur, Sholapur mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1083/16 mohur KM-315.5|AH 1083/16 mohur, Akbarabad mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1085/18 mohur Fr-808|AH 1085/18 mohur, Sholapur mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1670]]
* return to coins of [[India, Mughal Empire]]

[[Category:Selections from the Lissner Collection]]