MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR tanka (10.43g), NM, AH965, G-B1006, Mitch-288. De-6, citing his patronymic, with the full text sultan jalal al-din akbar ibn muhammad humayun ghazi, bold strike, lovely VF to EF, RRR, ex Stephen Album Auction 21, Lot 1147, ex John Deyell Collection. Issued by the local Chittagong authorities during the time of Bengali collapse in their eastern regions. Issued in the name of Akbar, they were struck only in AH965 and 966, and very few specifics have thus far been recorded. An example of the AH966 series, of equal rarity, also from the John Deyell Collection, sold in Stephen Album Auction 18, Lot 1014, for $2600.
Estimate: 1,000-1,400 USD