Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1188. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Muhammad Akbar II. 1806-1837. AV Mohur (10.72 g, 1h). Shahjahanabad mint. Dated AH 1225, RY 4 (1809 AD). Legend with poetical couplet; parasol mint mark and AH date / Legend with mint; regnal year below. KM 781; cf. Wright 2500; cf. Hull 2342. EF, lustrous. Rare as a regular mohur with fully legible date. ($2000)

The next to last Mughal emperor, Muhammad Akbar II, was a virtual nonentity, reigning as a figurehead, with the British East India Company being the real master of India. His coinage was issued in token quantities and is all rare.