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Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islamabad Mint, Gold, Type 1, Mint Name at top

Islamabad Chakan

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

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Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3760.		13.84	Mohur	1074		Bhandare	This has the AH year to the right of 'Julūs' on the reverse, instead of the RY. In all likelihood, coins of this variety with mint-name at the top were struck at Chakan in Maharashtra following its capture from the Marathas by the Mughals.	RR
AU	√ 3760m3.			”	xxxx	7	RJ
AU	√ 3760m.			”	1079	11	Tody, Zeno	AH may be repeated at lower left on reverse?

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islamabad Mint, Gold, Type 2, Mint Name at Bottom

Islāmābād Mathura

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

Actual Weight (g)

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Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3760c.		”	1098	30	Roma
AU	3761.		”	1102	38		Lah1477. AH/RY date mismatch. Perhaps a misreading of a 6 for a 2 in the Lah catalogue, or an engraving mistake.
AU	√ 3761c.		”	1107	39	Bald, Tody
AU	√ 3762.		”	1107	41	Ste	AH/RY date mismatch
AU	√ 3762c.		”	1112	44	CNG

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 1, Mint Name at top, mihr Couplet on Obverse

Islamabad Chakan

sikka zad dār jahān chau mihr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining sun. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr). Legend arranged differently from type 2	ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] (= Struck at Islāmābād in [RY]). Shortened legend.

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Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3767m6.	-	Rupee	1071	x	Zeno	See photos for further comments	R

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 2, Mint Name at top, mihr Couplet on Obverse

Struck at Islāmābād Chakan

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

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Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3767m.	-	Rupee	1073	5	Sandeep Nijasure, Tody		R
AU	√ 3767m3.		”	1074	7	Bhandare, SA	See photos for further discussion

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 3, badr Couplet, Mint Name at top

Islamabad Chakan

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb islāmābād sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Islāmābād in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).
AH date is usually on both obverse and reverse. Position of both AH and RY dates varies

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Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3763c.	300.35	13.206	Rupee	1071	3	Oswal, Bombay	See photos for a possible 1072/3	S
AU	√ 3763e.			”	1074	7	Bombay, Zeno, Oswal
AU	√ 3764.			”	1076	7	Zeno	AH/RY date mismatch
AU	3765.			”	1076	8
AU	3765c.			”	1076	9
AU	√ 3766.			”	1077	9	Zeno
AU	√ 3766c.			”	1078	11	Bhandare
AU	√ 3766e.			”	1079	11	Tody
AU	√ 3767.			”	1079	12	Oswal

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Islāmābād Mint, Silver – Type 4, badr Couplet, Mint Name at bottom

Islāmābād Mathura

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

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	3769g.	300.36	13.207	Rupee	1094	27		Type not verified
AU	√ 3769j.			”	1098	30	Sekhar Kausik, Tody
AU	3770.			”	1099	30
AU	√ 3770b.			”	1101	32	ClassNG, Tody	AH/RY date mismatch. See photos for examples that look like RY 42 but may be RY 32 with a die break, Another possibility is that these have an incorrect AH date, which should be 1110, with RY 42?
AU	√ 3770c.			”	1103	35	SA
AU	√ 3771.			”	1106	38	Kiran Shelar
AU	√ 3771c.			”	1106	39	Ste, SA, Zeno
AU	√ 3772.			”	1107	39	Levy
AU	√ 3772c.			”	1107	40	Tody
AU	√ 3773.			”	1108	40	AbhiCh
AU	√ 3773c.			”	1109	41	Zeno, Sincona
AU	√ 3774.			”	1111	43	Marudhar
AU	√ 3774b.			”	1112	44	Bombay
AU	√ 3774c.			”	1112	45	SA
AU	√ 3774e.			”	1113	46	Zeno
AU	3775.			”	xxxx	49