Mughal Empire AH1081/15 mohur Fr-810

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2030

This specimen was lot 2030 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AV mohur, Sholapur, AH1081 year 15. fully lustrous, Unc." This type is listed from over forty mints in India. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8-11 g, gold. This specimen is 10.94 g.

Catalog reference: KM-315.43. Fr-810.

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.
• 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 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• AH 1080/12 mohur, Aurangabad mint
• AH 1081/13 mohur, Khujista Bunyad mint
• AH 1083/16 mohur, Akbarabad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1671
• return to coins of India, Mughal Empire