Mughal Empire IE 42 rupee KM-93.14
This specimen was lot 1843 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $188. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR rupee, Patna, IE42, month of Isfandarmuz, superb strike on broad flan, 2 small testmarks, EF." The Mughal Empire stretched over most of India in the early seventeenth century and numerous mints struck silver rupees for the emperor. The Mughal Empire 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. The SCWC lists nineteen mints for this type, which was struck until 1606. 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.
Specification: 11.0-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM-93.14.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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