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Lot 789 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 789 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: LOT of 9 silver rupees of the Chinapattan mint: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, KM-300.25, year 40 (2 pieces, regnal year differently located, one EF with 1 testmark, the other VF, no testmark), year 49 (EF, 2 testmarks), year 50 (VF, 2 testmarks), and year 5x (VF); Shah Alam I, 1707-1712, KM-347.7, year one (VF-EF, 3 testmarks), year 3 (2 pieces, one VF, the other VF-EF), and Farrukhsiyar, KM-377.23, year 2 (VF-EF), an important group, retail about $800-900, lot of 9 pieces.

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Lot 768 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 768 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, AR rupee (11.47g), Haidarabad, AH1116 year 48, KM-300.31, with Arabic 'ayn to right of the Hijri date on obverse, superb strike, choice EF, R.

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Lot 784 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 784 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR rupee (11.15g), Shahjahanabad, AH1158 year 27, KM-437.4, nazarana style broad flan, produced in smaller quantities than the normal size rupees during his later years at Shahjahanabad, VF.

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Lot 756 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 756 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, LOT of 5 silver coins; Half rupees: KM-64.1 (no mint, IE33), KM-66.3 (Lahore, IE43, month of Di, and IE45, also Di), and KM-66.6 (Ahmadabad, IE4x, month of Amardad); Rupee, KM-93.7 (Burhanpur, IE50, month of Farwardin), all nice VF, pleasing group, lot of 5 pieces.

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Lot 767 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 767 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Murad Bakhsh, 1658, AE dam (20.47g), Surat, year one (ahad), KM-269.1, nice strike, decent surfaces, pleasing Fine to VF, RR.

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Lot 779 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 779 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Muhammad Shah, 1719-1748, AR rupee, Baramati, AH11xx, KM-436.17, 6 testmarks and a nice selection of banker's marks, rare mint, Fine.

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Lot 795 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 795 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL, etc.: LOT of 4 Mughal silver coins and 9 other pieces: Mughal: Shah Jahan I, 1628-1658, KM-235.23, rupee, Surat, AH1046 year 10 (VF); Aurangzeb, 1658-1707, KM-294.6, ½ rupee, Surat, year 38 (VF); Ahmad Shah, 1748-1754, rupee, Bareli AH1166 year 5 (VF); and Alamgir II, 1754-1759, rupee, Shahjahanabad, year 2 (EF); Gold fanams (all EF or better): Mysore, Haidar Shah type (1 pc) and Tipu Sultan (2 pcs, both Kalicut mint, dated AH1198 and 1200; Tanjore, KM280, and two Kanthirava fanams (Herrli series 6); Madurai, Mitchiner-564, copper kasu of Samarakolakalan (VF); and Hindushahi, Samanta Deva series, AR dramma (bull / horseman) (2 pcs, both VF), retail about $350, lot of 13 pieces.

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Lot 762 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 762 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, LOT of 9 silver rupees; Lahore mint, KM-145.11, year 6 (month of Mihr), year 8 (Adhar, Amardad, & Di), year 9 (Khurdad, Ardibihisht, & Bahman), and year 11 (Farwardin and Tir), all VF and moderately cleaned, lot of 9 pieces.

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Lot 774 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 774 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: Shah Alam Bahadur, 1707-1712, AR heavy weight rupee (12.02g), Azimabad, AH1123 year 5, KM-349.2, Zeno-112477 (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 was mandated by an Imperial Farman that was retracted very shortly afterwards.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 790 - india mughal empire -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 790 - india mughal empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

MUGHAL: LOT of 10 silver rupees of Shah Alam II, 1759-1806: KM-512, Akbarabad, AH1197 year 25 (VF) and AH1198 year 25 (VF); KM-669, Muzaffargarh, AH1212 year 40 (VF); KM-709.1, Shahjahanabad, AH1197 year 25 (VF-EF); KM-709.2, Shahjahanabad, AH(119)6 year 24 (VF); AH(11)98 year 25 (Fine), AH(11)98 year 26 (VF), and AH1201 year 28 (VF-EF); and KM-710, Shahjahanabad, AH1209 year 36 (VF) and AH1209 year 37 (VF), retail at least $350, lot of 10 pieces.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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