Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1178. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Muhayyi al-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir. 1658-1707. AV Mohur (10.96 g, 12h). Aurangabad (Khujista Bunyad) mint. Dated AH 1082, RY 1[5] (1671/2 AD). Legends with poetical couplet and AH date / Legends with regnal year and mint. KM 315.10; cf. Wright 1123; Hull 1680. EF, warped flan. ($400)

Aurangzeb became Viceroy of the Deccan in 1636. He established his capital at a town called Fathapur, and renamed it after himself-Aurangabad. It was from Aurangabad that Aurangzeb launched his coup against his ailing father Shah Jahan and elder brother Dara Shikoh, seizing the Peacock Throne in 1658. After his death the city's name was changed to Kunjista Bunyad, although in modern times it is once again known as Aurangabad.