NumisBids
  
Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 24  14-16 January 2016
View prices realized

Lot 1464

Starting price: 5500 USD
Price realized: 7000 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
MUGHAL: Shah Shuja, 1657-1660, AR rupee (11.53g), Akbarnagar, AH1068 year one (ahad), KM-276.x, lovely bold strike, mint name largely off flan, but sufficiently visible, in left quadrant of obverse margin, choice VF to EF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. Shah Shuja was one of four sons of Shah Jahan I to claim the empire after their father's death. Shah Shuja was based in Rajmahal in Jharkhand state (then called Akbarnagar), but was soon defeated by Aurangzeb, fled toward Arakan, and eventually dying in Manipur in AH1071 (February 1661). His known coins are all dated AH1068, nearly all from the mint of Akbarnagar, all extremely rare.

Estimate: 7,000-9,000 USD
Question about this auction? Contact Stephen Album Rare Coins