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Lot 760 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 760 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR nisar 1/16 rupee (0.56g), Agra, AH1025 year 11, KM-165.1, inscribed just nur afshan and Hijri date on obverse, mint & regnal year on reverse, obverse slightly tooled, probably to remove discolored adhesions, lovely bold strike, VF to EF, RRR.

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Lot 772 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 772 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Shah Alam Bahadur, 1707-1712, AR rupee, Parenda, AH1122 year 4, KM-348.31, full date and year, VF, S.

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Lot 788 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 788 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Shah Alam II, 1759-1806, AR nazarana rupee (11.14g), Shahjahanabad, AH1220 year 47, KM-714, lovely bold strike, very rare in this quality, EF.

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Lot 755 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 755 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR shahrukhi (4.54g), NM, AH981, KM-—, A-S2464, countermarked 'adl akbar 981 on Shaybanid tanka of Iskandar, no mint (type of Bukhara), AH985 (type A-2990, Dav-2055), VF on VF host, R. If the coin is indeed dated 985 and the countermark 981, then the "981" mark must have been used for at least four years after its introduction!

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Lot 783 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 783 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR rupee (11.47g), Machhlipattan, AH1150 year 20, KM-436.42, nice strike, EF.

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Lot 766 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 766 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Murad Bakhsh, 1658, AE ½ dam (10.04g), Surat, year one (ahad), KM-A269.1, nice strike, minor trace of porosity on reverse, pleasing Fine to VF, RR.

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Lot 778 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 778 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR ½ rupee (5.65g), Lahore, year 26, KM-433.14, with mint epithet dar al-saltana, nice strike, extremely rare denomination for Lahore, a common mint for the full rupee, lovely VF to EF, RRR, ex our Auction 11, Lot 1189.

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Lot 794 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 794 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: LOT of 8 silver rupees and 1 silver half rupee: Jahangir (2 pcs, both of Lahore); Shah Jahan I (6 pcs, two each of Multan & Tatta, one of Surat, and a half rupee with mint off flan, but likely of Surat); Jahandar (1 pc, Shahjahanabad), most VF, some with testmarks, lot of 9 pieces.

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Lot 761 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 761 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR nisar 1/16 rupee (0.47g), Burhanpur, DM, KM-165.x, inscribed just nur afshan, mint and perhaps also regnal year on reverse, severe porosity both sides, Fine, RRR.

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Lot 773 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 773 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Shah Alam Bahadur, 1707-1712, AR heavy weight rupee (11.99g), Azimabad, AH1122 year 4, KM-349.2, Zeno-103522 (this piece), struck to a standard that was approximately 1/24 heavier than the standard rupee, VF, RR. The heavy rupees of Shah Alam Bahadur were struck at a few mints, principally in AH1123 with regnal year 5, more rarely 1123 year 6, plus a very few examples of 1122 year 4, as on this piece. The analysis of these heavy rupees by Alan Deshazo was published in the ONS Journal #220 (summer 2014). He shows that at least 10 mints produced these, all very rare, and production was mandated by an Imperial Farman that was retracted very shortly afterwards.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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