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This specimen was lot 897 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mughal Empire|MUGHAL]]: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, AH972, bold strike, scrapes and scratches, lovely EF." 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. This type was struck early in Akbar's rule. | This specimen was lot 897 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mughal Empire|MUGHAL]]: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, AH972, bold strike, scrapes and scratches, lovely EF." 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. This type was struck early in Akbar's rule. | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 31 January 2024
This specimen was lot 897 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, AH972, bold strike, scrapes and scratches, lovely EF." 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. This type was struck early in Akbar's rule.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.8-10.9 g, gold, this specimen 10.88 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-718a, KM-106.1.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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