Mughal Empire AH 1017/3 sawai rupee KM-158.3

Stephen Album sale 52, lot 680

This specimen was lot 680 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR sawai rupee, Ahmadabad, year 3, bold strike; slightly cleaned, XF." The silver rupee had traditionally weighed about 10.8-10.9 grams; we don't know what impelled Jahangir to issue this type with a weight about 25% over the standard. He may have intended it as a prestige coin; few survive today, suggesting that they were rapidly removed from circulation and melted. It is known dated years 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.0-14.4 g, silver, this specimen 14.08 g.

Catalog reference: KM-158.3.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• AH 1017 1/2 dam ravani, Qandahar mint
• AH 1018/5 sawai rupee, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 1018/4 sawai mohur, Agra mint
• AH 1018/5 sawai mohur, Agra mint
• Coins and currency dated 1608