Mughal Empire AH 1036 rupee KM-168.2

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2484

This specimen was lot 2484 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $72. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR rupee, Ahmadabad, AH1036, citing Nur Jahan, chief consort of Emperor Jahangir, 1 testmark, Fine." Agra was one of seven mints to strike this rather scarce type which mentions Jahangir's queen, Nur Jahan. It is known for years 19 thru 23. This example should bear regnal date 22 or 23.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.26 g.

Catalog reference: KM-168.2.

Source:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• 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 1034/20 rupee, Kabul mint
• AH 1035/20 (1625) rupee, Agra mint
• AH 1035 rupee, Surat mint
• AH 1036/21 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1036/22 rupee, Patna mint
• AH 1036/22 rupee, Lahore mint
• AH 1037/21 rupee, Surat Mint
• AH 1037/22 (1627) rupee, Patna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1626