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Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Gold – Type 1, (No mint epithet)

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb akbarābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (=struck at Akbarābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

10.85-10.94

Actual Diameter (mm)

~20

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 360	3288.	315.5	Mohur	1070	1
AU 361	3288c.		”	1070	2
AU 362	√ 3288e.		”	1071	4	Oswal
AU 363	3288g.		”	1072	4
AU 364	√ 3288g3.		”	1074	7	Marudhar
AU 365	√ 3289.		”	1075	7	Zeno
AU 366	√ 3289b.		”	1076	8	Zeno
AU 367	3289c.		”	1078	11
AU 368	√ 3289d.		”	1080	12	Bald
AU 369	3289e.		”	1080	13
AU 370	√ 3289e1.		”	1081	14	SA
AU 371	√ 3289e2.		”	1083	16	SA
AU 372	3289e3.		”	1084	16
AU 373	√ 3289f.		”	1086	18	CNG	Ref: CNG (2006), sale 142
AU 374	√ 3289g.		”	1086	19	CNG
AU 375	3289g3.		”	1087	19
AU 376	√ 3289h.		”	1087	20	Ste
AU 377	√ 3289j.		”	1089	21	St James
AU 378	3289j3.		”	1089	22
AU 379	√ 3289j4.		”	1090	22	ClassNG
AU 380	√ 3289j6.		”	1090	23	Zeno
AU 381	3289j9.		”	1091	23
AU 382	3289j12.		”	1091	24
AU 383	√ 3289j13.		”	1092	24	Tody
AU 384	√ 3289j14.		”	1094	26	Bald
AU 385	√ 3289j16.		”	1095	28	Marudhar
AU 386	√ 3289j20.		”	1098	30	ClassNG

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Gold – Type 2, (mustaqir al-khilafat)

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr)		ẓarb mustaqir al-mulk akbarābād sanah [RY} julūs maimanat mānūs (=struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Akbarābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

Actual Weight (g)

10.70-10.93

Actual Diameter (mm)

22.8-~25

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 390	3290.	315.6	Mohur	1096	29
AU 391	√ 3291.		”	1097	29	Roma
AU 392	3291c.		”	1097	30
AU 393	√ 3292.		”	1098	30	SA
AU 394	3292c.		”	1098	31
AU 395	3292e.		”	1099	31
AU 396	3293.		”	1099	32
AU 397	√ 3293c.		”	1100	32	Tody, RJ
AU 398	√ 3293e.		”	1101	33	SA
AU 399	3294.		”	1103	31
AU 400	3294b.		”	1105	37
AU 401	√ 3294b3.		”	1105	38	Zeno
AU 402	√ 3294b4.		”	1106	38	Marudhar, ClassNG
AU 403	3294b6.		”	1107	39
AU 404	√ 3294b7.		”	1107	40	Zeno
AU 405	3294b9.		”	1109	41
AU 406	3294b12.		”	1109	42
AU 407	√ 3294c.		”	1110	43	Bald
AU 408	√ 3294e.		”	1113	46	SA
AU 409	3295.		”	1114	46
AU 410	√ 3295c.		”	1116	48	ClassNG
AU 411	√ 3296.		”	1117	49	Ste, Zeno
AU 412	√ 3296c.		”	1117	50	Zeno
AU 413	3297.		”	1119	51

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 1, Nazarana Rupee

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

29-35

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments		Rarity
AU 415	√ 3310m.	-	Nazarana Rupee	1114	47	Zeno		Ref: Bhandare, JONS 205 p. 26	RR
AU 416	√ 3310m3.	-	”	1115	47	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 2, Full Title on Obverse

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 420	√ 3362m.	297.11	Rupee	1069	1	Zeno		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 3 – Square Area

A square containing the words ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī (= Victorious Emperor ʹĀlamgīr) or shāh ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī	A square containing the words ẓarb Akbarābād (=struck at Akbarābād). To the left is the word julūs; to the right is the word mānūs; above is maimanat; and below is sanah [RY] (taken together = in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity)

Actual Weight (g)

9.55-11.4

Actual Diameter (mm)

~22

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 425	√ 3310.	298.1	Rupee	1069	1	Mitresh Singh
AU 426	√ 3310c.		”	1070	1	Mitresh Singh
AU 427	√ 3310d.		”	1070	2	Zeno
AU 428	3310e.		”	1070	3
AU 429	√ 3311.		”	1071	3	Ste
AU 430	√ 3311c.		”	1071	4	Anon
AU 431	√ 3312.		”	1072	4	Ste
AU 432	√ 3312c.		”	1072	5	Zeno
AU 433	3313.		”	1073	5
AU 434	3313c.		”	1073	6
AU 435	√ 3314.		”	1074	6	Zeno
AU 436	3314c.		”	1074	7
AU 437	3315.		”	1075	7
AU 438	3315c.		”	1075	8
AU 439	3316.		”	1076	8
AU 440	3316c.		”	1076	9
AU 441	3317.		”	1077	9
AU 442	3317c.		”	1077	10
AU 443	3318.		”	1078	10
AU 444	√ 3318c.		”	1079	12	Sekhar Kausik
AU 445	3319.		”	1080	xx
AU 446	√ 3320.		”	1081	13	Tody
AU 447	√ 3320c.		”	1081	14	CNG
AU 448	√ 3320e.		”	1082	12	Zeno	The numeral 2 in RY 12 could be a distorted 4
AU 449	√ 3321.		”	1082	14	Tody
AU 450	√ 3321c.		”	1082	15	Zeno
AU 451	3322.		”	1083	15
AU 452	3322c.		”	1083	16
AU 453	3323.		”	1084	16
AU 454	3323c.		”	1084	17
AU 455	3324.		”	1085	17
AU 456	3324c.		”	1085	18
AU 457	√ 3325.		”	1086	18	Ste
AU 458	3325c.		”	1086	19
AU 459	3326.		”	1087	19
AU 460	√ 3326c.		”	1087	20	Zeno
AU 461	√ 3327.		”	1088	20	Ste
AU 462	3327c.		”	1088	21
AU 463	3328.		”	1089	21
AU 464	3328c.		”	1089	22		Epithet shāh dropped from central square after RY 22
AU 465	√ 3329.		”	1090	22	Zeno
AU 466	3329c.		”	1090	23
AU 467	3330.		”	1091	23
AU 468	√ 3330c.		”	1091	24	Zeno
AU 469	√ 3330e.		”	1092	24	Tody
AU 470	3331.		”	1092	25
AU 471	√ 3332.		”	1094	26	Zeno
AU 472	3332c.		”	1094	27
AU 473	√ 3333.		”	1095	27	Ste	Ref: Indian Museum Calcutta No.1183
AU 474	3333c.		”	1095	28
AU 475	3334.		”	1096	28		Type not verified
AU 476	3334c.		”	1096	29		Type not verified

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād (mustaqir al-khilafat) Mint, Silver – Type 4

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh ‘aurangzeb ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb mustaqir al-mulk akbarābād sanah [RY} julūs maimanat mānūs (=struck at the seat of the Caliphate, Akbarābād, in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

11.43-11.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

~20.2-27

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 480	3336c.		”	109x	28		Type not verified
AU 481	3336e.		”	1096	29		Ref: Coin in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 1184
AU 482	√ 3336g.		”	1097	29	Her, SA
AU 483	√ 3336i.		”	1097	30	Tody
AU 484	√ 3336h.		”	1098	30	Ste, SA
AU 485	√ 3336j.		”	1098	31	ClassNG
AU 486	3336j3.		”	1099	31
AU 487	√ 3336j6.		”	1099	32	Adv Shailesh P Jain
AU 488	√ 3340.		”	1100	32	Bald
AU 489	√ 3341.		”	1100	33	Zeno
AU 490	√ 3343.		”	1101	33	SA
AU 491	3343c.		”	1101	34
AU 492	√ 3344.		”	1102	34	Zeno
AU 493	√ 3344c.		”	1102	35	SA
AU 494	√ 3345.		”	1103	35	Zeno
AU 495	√ 3345c.		”	1103	36	Oswal
AU 496	√ 3346.		”	1104	36	RJ
AU 497	3347.		”	1105
AU 498	√ 3348.		”	1106	38	Ste
AU 499	√ 3348c.		”	1106	39	Zeno	Heart-shaped symbol on obverse but other symbols also occur in this position. See photos
AU 500	3349.		”	1107	39
AU 501	√ 3349c.		”	1107	40	ClassNG
AU 502	√ 3350.		”	1108	40	Ste
AU 503	3350c.		”	1108	41
AU 504	√ 3351.		”	1109	41	Ste but no RY
AU 505	√ 3351c.		”	1109	42	Zeno	Heart-shaped symbol on obverse
AU 506	√ 3354.		”	1110	42	Ste but no AH
AU 507	√ 3355.		”	1110	43	Zeno	Heart-shaped symbol on obverse, also other symbols. See photos
AU 508	3355c.		”	1111	43
AU 509	√ 3355e.		”	1111	44	Ste
AU 510	3356.		”	1112	44
AU 511	3356c.		”	1112	45
AU 512	√ 3357.		”	1113	45	ClassNG
AU 513	√ 3357c.		”	1114	46	Zeno
AU 514	√ 3358.		”	1114	47	Ste
AU 515	√ 3358c.		”	1115	47	Bhandare	See photos for possible nazarana
AU 516	√ 3359.		”	1115	48	Ste
AU 517	√ 3359c.		”	1116	48	Zeno
AU 518	√ 3360.		”	1116	49	Ste
AU 519	√ 3361.		”	1117	49	Ste
AU 520	√ 3361c.		”	1117	50	Ste
AU 521	√ 3362.		”	1118	50	Zeno
AU 522	3362b.		”	1118	51
AU 523	3362c.	294.12	Half Rupee	1077	9
AU 524	3362c3.		”	1078	11
AU 525	3362e.	293.2	Quarter Rupee	1079	1x
AU 526	3362e3.		”	1107	xx
AU 527	3362e6.		”	111x	45

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 5, Half Rupee Niṣār

	mustaqir al-khilāfat

Actual Weight (g)

?

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 530	3309s.	306.2	Half Rupee Niṣār	1098	31		Weight uncertain but possibly a half rupee	RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 6, Half Rupee Niṣār

bādshāh ghāzī ʹālamgīr sanah [RY]	ẓarb akbarābād sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)

5.6-5.8

Actual Diameter (mm)

~17

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 535	√ 3309t.	306.1	Half Rupee Niṣār	1077	9	ClassNG, Zeno		RR
AU 536	√ 3309t2.		”	1080	12	Tody, SA	RY not clear on the 2 specimens examined. Could be RY13
AU 537	√ 3309t5.		”	1080	13	ClassNG
AU 538	3309t6.		”	1081	13

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 7, Half Rupee Niṣār

	mustaqir al-khilāfat

Actual Weight (g)

?

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 540	3309s.	306.2	Half Rupee Niṣār	1098	31		Weight uncertain but possibly a half rupee	RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 8, Quarter Rupee Niṣār

niṣār 'ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī [RY]	ẓarb akbarābād [AH]

Actual Weight (g)

2.5-2.9

Actual Diameter (mm)

~14

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 542	√ 3299e.	D306.4	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1070	3	ClassNG		RR
AU 543	√ 3299.		”	1071	3	SA, ClassNG
AU 544	√ 3299c.		”	1071	4	SA
AU 545	3300.		”	1073	6
AU 546	3301.		”	1076	8
AU 547	√ 3302.		”	1076	9	SA, ClassNG	See photos for one with bad in the centre line
AU 548	√ 3303.		”	1077	9	ClassNG, Tody
AU 549	√ 3303c.		”	1079	xx	Tody
AU 550	√ 3304.		”	1080	12	Marudhar, Tody
AU 551	√ 3304c.		”	1081	13	SA, ClassNG
AU 552	3305.		”	1081	14
AU 553	3306.		”	1089	22
AU 554	3307.		”	1092	25

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād (mustaqir al-khilāfat) Mint, Silver – Type 9, Quarter Rupee Niṣār

	mustaqir al-khilafat

Actual Weight (g)

2.5-2.9

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 560	3308.	D306.5	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	1098	31			RR
AU 561	3309.		”	1101	4x

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 10, Quarter Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī	julūs maimanat mānūs

Actual Weight (g)

2.5-2.9

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 563	3309r.	D306.3	Quarter Rupee Niṣār	xxxx	xx			RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 11, Eighth Rupee Niṣār

[nisar] ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī	ẓarb akbarābād

Actual Weight (g)

1.1-1.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

~14

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 565	√ 3309p6.	C306.1	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	1070	x	Zeno		RR
AU 566	3309p.		”	1071	x
AU 567	3309p3.		”	1074	x

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 12, Eighth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār 'ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī	ẓarb [RY] mustaqir al-khilāfat akbarābād

Actual Weight (g)

1.30

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 570	√ 3298.	-	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	xxxx	33	Bald		RRR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 13, Eighth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ‘ālamgīr

Actual Weight (g)

1.1-1.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

~6.5

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 572	√ 3309q.	C306.2	Eighth Rupee Niṣār	1081	13	ClassNG		RR
AU 573	√ 3309q3.		”	1081	14	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 14, Sixteenth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār bādshāh ‘ālamgīr

Actual Weight (g)

0.6-0.7

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 575	3309n.	B306.2	^1/16 Rupee Niṣār	1089	22			RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 15, Sixteenth Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ‘ālamgīr

Actual Weight (g)

0.6-0.7

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 577	3309o.	B306.3	^1/16 Rupee Niṣār	xxxx	xx			RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 16, Thirty-Second Rupee Niṣār

niṣār ‘ālamgīr [AH]	ẓarb akbarābād [RY]

Actual Weight (g)

0.3-0.4

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 580	√ 3309m.	A306.1	^1/32 Rupee Niṣār (Half Anna)	1089	2x	Bhandare		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 17, Legal Dirham, Square

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 582	3362s.	307.1	Legal Dirham	1091	24			RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Silver – Type 18, Legal Dirham, Round

	ẓarb akbarābād

Actual Weight (g)

2.93-3.12

Actual Diameter (mm)

~14

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 584	√ 3362u.	308.1	Legal Dirham	1092	24	ClassNG		RR
AU 585	√ 3362u1.		”	1092	25	ClassNG
AU 586	3362u2.		”	1093	26
AU 587	√ 3362u3.		”	1102	3x	Bhandare
AU 588	√ 3362u6.		”	1106		Dilip Shah	Dilip Shah collection
AU 589	√ 3362u9.		”	111x	[4]9	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Akbarābād Mint, Copper – Light Weight Standard

RY at top	ẓarb akbarābād sanah [AH]

Actual Weight (g)

13.41-13.58

Actual Diameter (mm)

21.3-21.9

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU 592	√ 3363.	285.1	Pice	1074	7	RJ
AU 593	√ 3363c.			1075	8	Zeno
AU 596	√ 3363e.			1077	8	AbiCh