Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1944. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Kings. Shah Alam Bahadur. 1707-1712. AV Mohur (10.94 gm). Purbandar mint? Dated AH 1123, RY 5 (1712 AD). "Auspicious coin of Shah Alam Bahadur Badshah Ghazi" and 1123 (date) / "Struck in Purbandar(?) in the Year Five of the accession associated with prosperity"; fan mint symbol. Wright -; cf. Hull 32.2 (rupee); KM -. VF, banker's mark on obverse. ($200)

Hull's attribution to Purbandar is not generally accepted. This mohur appears to share a reverse die with the silver rupee illustrated as Hull 32.2.