Mughal Empire IE 49 rupee KM-93.7

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2501

This specimen was lot 2501 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $84. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR rupee, Burhanpur, IE49, month of Bahman, XF." The SCWC lists this type for years IE45-50 as a common mint. We don't know if earlier dates exist. 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: 11.44 g, silver, this specimen 11.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM-93.7.

Sources:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

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