366, Lot: 118. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MUGHAL EMPIRE. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AV Mohur (23mm, 10.91 g, 4h). Akbarabad mint. Dually dated AH 1049 and RY 13 (19 January /14 February 1640 – 18 January/13 February 1641). Shahada within knotted diamond-shaped border; oaths of Rashidun in outer margins / Name and titles of Shah Jahan; RY date in center, AH date below; all within quatrefoil; continuation of titles and mint in outer margin. Wright 841 var. (date); Hull 1557 var. (same); KM 258.1 (unlisted date). EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, March 1980.