Mughal Empire AH 935 shahrukhi

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2468

This specimen was lot 2468 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Babur, 1504-1530, AR shahrukhi, (Agra), AH935, pleasing F-VF." The shahrukhi was originally a silver coin minted by Shah Rukh of the Timurid Empire (r. 1405-47) and was adopted by the early Mughal Emperors (Babur, Humayan and Akbar). It was eventually superseded by the rupee.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.5-5.0 g, silver, this specimen 4.64 g.

Catalog reference: A-2462.3, Rahman-100.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[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 933 (1527) shahrukhi, Kabul mint
• AH 944 (1537) shahrukhi, Agra mint
• AH 950 (1543) shahrukhi, Qandahar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1528