NumisBids
  
Numismatica Genevensis SA
Auction 11  18 Nov 2019
View prices realized

Lot 25

Starting price: 10 000 CHF
Price realized: 11 000 CHF
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email

A rare Mohur of Akbarabad.
Shihab al-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I (1037-1068AH/1628-1658CE). AV Mohur, AH 1042, regnal year 6 (1633 CE), Akbarabad (Agra). Inscriptions within and around angled quadrilobe, angles ending in double pellets / Inscription in four lines. 10,92g. BMC Mughal 534; KM 256.1; Fr. 792.
Brilliant uncirculated and thus very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, auction CNG Triton XIX (4 January 2016), 2409.
Shah Jahan renamed the Mughal capital town of Agra Akbarabad in honour of his grandfather, the Emperor Akbar. The obverse bears the Sunni kalima and the name of the Four Orthodox Caliphs with their epithets. The reverse shows Shah Jahan's titles, the mint name Akbarabad and the date of striking, AH 1042, regnal year 6.
Question about this auction? Contact Numismatica Genevensis SA