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Ahmadabad Mint – Silver, Rupee et infra

Ma. Refers to Masters (1914), Numismatic Supplement No. XXII, pp153-173

sikka mubārak bādshāh ghazi muḥammad akbar shāh (AH) (= the auspicious coin of the victorious Emperor Muhammad Akbar Shah [AH]).		ẓarb ahmādābād sanah (RY) julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Ahmadabad in his [RY] year of tranquil prosperity.

	Double Rupee	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Eighth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)	?	11.43-11.78	5.74-5.84	2.83	1.44-1.46
Actual Diameter (mm)	?	20.7-24.3	17.3-19.7	14.4-14.9	12.5-13.9
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	Ma. No.	Denomination	Obv	AH	RY	Provenance	√ Comments	Rarity
6.2	1104c	-	Double Rupee	A	1231?	?		Ref: S Bhandare. Has been mounted	RRR
6.3	√ 1104.	-	Rupee	A	1231	15	Ste	Full Flan strike on copper. Slightly flattened on obverse.	RRR
6.4	√ 1105.	51	”	A	123[3]	11	Ste		N
6.5	√ 1106.	53	”	A	1233	12	Ste	Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 742	N
6.6	√ 1106c.	-	”	A	1234	12	Ste but no RY		N
-	1107.	-	”		1233	14		Ref: BM	N
6.7	√ 1108.	-	”	A?	1236	13	Ste		N
6.8	√ 1113.	56	”	A	1239	15	Ste but no AH, ClassNG	Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 742. BM. Noble (1995), Sale 48, Lot 2169	N
6.9	√ 1110.	-	”	A	1241	16	Ste but no AH		N
6.10	√ 1116.	59	”	B	1242	22	ClassNG		N
6.11	√ 1117.	61	”	B	1243	2x	Ste		N
6.12	√ 1118.	63	”	B	1244	24	Ste but no RY		N
-	√ 1119.	65	”	B	1248	20	Ste		N
6.13	√ 1119c.	-	”	B	1248	28	RJ	Ref: Bob Johnston	S
6.14	√ 1120.	67	”	B	1249	xx	Ste		N
6.15	√ 1121.	-	”	B	1249	xx	Ste, ClassNG	Retrograde 9 in date on some coins. See Photos	R
6.16	1121c.	-	”	B	1249/p	xx		Retrograde 9 in date on some coins. See Photos	R
6.17	1124.	52	Half Rupee		xxxx]	11			R
6.18	√ 1126.	-	”	A	123x	12	Ste but no RY	Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 742	R
6.19	1125.	55	”		122x	13		Ref: BM	R
6.20	√ 1126c.	-	”	A	xxxx	15	Bald	Ref: Baldwin (2013), sale 84 (Fore), lot 1962	R
6.21	1127.	58	”		12xx	16			R
6.22	√ 1128.	60	”	B	1242	xx	Ste, HC		R
6.23	√ 1129.	62	”	B	1243	xx	Ste, HC	Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 742	R
6.24	√ 1130.	64	”	B	1244	xx	Ste, HC		R
6.25	√ 1131.	66	”	B	1248	xx	Ste, HC	Mitchiner 1764	R
6.26	1132.	68	”		1249	xx		Ref: BM	R
6.27	√ 1133c.	-	Quarter Rupee	A	xxxx	11	Tody	Ref: Todywalla (2009), sale 36, lot 232. Wt not given and there is some doubt about whether this is a half or a quarter.	RR
6.28	1133e.	-	“	A	xxxx	12			RR
6.29	√ 1133.	-	”	B	1243		Ste		RR
6.30	1133c.	-	”	B	1249		Ste		RR
6.31	√ 1134.	-	Eighth Rupee	B	1244	xx	Ste	Baldwin (2001), sale 25 (Wiggins), lot 745	RR
6.32	√ 1134a.	-	”	B	1248	xx	Ste		RR

Obverse Varieties

Position of Date

The date may be above or below the top line

	A	B
Position of Date	Above	Below