Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1877. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA. Mughal Kings. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayan. 1530-1556. AR Rupee (11.34 gm). Bangala (Bengal) mint. Dated AH 945 (1538/9 AD). Titles of Humayun / Mint and date. CIS B951; cf. MWI 3007 (mis-attributed); cf. Mitchiner, Land of Water, 256 (tanka); KM -; Wright -. Near EF. Extremely rare. ($750)

From the William B. Warden Collection.

Humayun, the son of Babur, held Bengal for about nine months in 1538-1539. Traditionally the farthest eastward expansion of Mughal power, Humayun shortly thereafter ceded the region to the Suri sultans of Delhi. Rare silver coins were struck in Bengal by Humayun on both the traditional tanka standard and the newer, heavier rupee standard introduced by the Mughals.