Coins of the Mughal Empire

Triton XIX, Lot: 2395. Estimate $5000. Sold for $170000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605. AV Mohur (20mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Duck type. Agra mint. Dated Khurdad Ilahi year 50 (22 May – 21 June AD 1605). Duck standing right on floral background / Allahu Akbar khurdad ilahi 50 zarb Agra (Allah is great Khordad Ilahi 50 struck [at] Agra) in Persian. Liddle Type G-32 = BM 173; Wright –; Hull –; KM 119C.2; Friedberg 742f. VF, struck with worn die, areas of minor roughness. Very rare, none on CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, July 1984.