Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2017. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Emperors. Shah Jahan III. 1759-1760. AV Mohur (10.69 gm, 10h). Ahmadnagar Farrukhabad mint. Dated AH 1173, RY 1 (1759/60 AD). Legend with titles of Shah Jahan and AH date / Legend with titles, regnal year and mint. KM 478.5; Wright -; Hull 2216. VF, a few shroff marks. Very rare. ($2000)

Shah Jahan III was a great-grandson of Aurangzeb, placed on the throne as a puppet of the vizier Ghazi ud-Din after the assassination of Alamgir II. The son of Alamgir regained his rightful position a few months later as Shah Alam II.