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[[Image:SA47-0879.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 47, lot 879]]

This specimen was lot 879 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mughal Empire|MUGHAL]]: Babur, 3rd reign, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, Lahore, AH936, full bold strike without any weakness, very rare in this quality, 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 It was eventually superseded by the rupee.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.66 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Rahman-111.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 47'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Mughal Empire AH 930 shahrukhi|AH 930 (1523) shahrukhi, Kabul mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 933 shahrukhi|AH 933 (1527) shahrukhi, Kabul mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 933-Qandahar shahrukhi|AH 933 (1526) shahrukhi, Qandahar mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 934 shahrukhi|AH 934 (1527) shahrukhi, no mintmark]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 935 shahrukhi|AH 935 (1528) shahrukhi, Agra mint]] 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1527]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 47]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]]