Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-82.3

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2476

This specimen was lot 2476 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR square rupee, Jaunpur, AH(9)86, mint below obverse, date to left below reverse; stunning strike, NGC graded MS62." This type was struck AH 985-989 and is listed as fairly common. Jaunpur is in central Hindustan near Allahabad and Benares and would later be ruled by the Nawab of Awadh.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.44 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-82.3.

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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• AH 984 (1576) rupee, Ahmadabad Mint
• AH 984 (1576) mohur, Ahmadabad mint
• AH 986 square rupee, Fathpur mint
• AH 986 mohur, Jaunpur mint
• AH 989 (1581) 1/12 mohur, Badakhshan mint
• AH 1000 (1591) mohur, square
• Coins and currency dated 1578