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Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Gold – Type 1, Full Titles on obverse, Mint Name at Top

abū al-ẕafar muhayyi al-dīn aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr bahādur bādshāh ghāzī (=		ẓarb kābul sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Kābul in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity). Arrangement of the reverse legend varies

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Rev	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	3887m.	314.1		Mohur	xxxx	3
AU	3887m3.			”	xxxx	4
AU	√ 3887m5.		13.18	”	10xx	5?	I	Tody
AU	√ 3887m6.		13.17	”	107x	5	II	Stacks, Noble	RY 5 over 4. See also: ONSNL 157, pp. 14-15
AU	√ 3887m7.		13.17	”	107x	6	II	Tody
AU	√ 3887m9.		-	”	xxxx	7	III	SA
AU	√ 3887m11.		13.17	”	xxxx	8	II	Zeno
AU	√ 3887m13.		13.19	”	1079	xx	IV	Bald

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Gold – Type 2, Full Titles on Obverse, Mint Name at Bottom

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

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3884m.		13.20	Mohur	1078	xx	Oswal		RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Gold – Type 3, badr Couplet, No Mint Epithet

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

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3884p.		13.319	Mohur	1080	12	Tody	julūs at centre, RY at right	RR
AU	√ 3884p3.		13.320	”	1080	13	Bald	mānūs at centre, RY at left

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Gold – Type 4 mihr couplet, 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 kābul sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Kābul in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3884c.	315.24	13.133	Mohur	1083	15	Bald
AU	√ 3884d.			”	1084	16	Tody
AU	3884e.			”	1085	17
AU	3885.			”	109x	23
AU	3885c.			”	109x	26

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul (dār al-mulk) Mint, Gold – Type 5, badr couplet on Obverse

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

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Gold

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3887.	315.61	Mohur	1094	27	Bald		R
AU	√ 3887s2.		”	1099	32	Bald, SA
AU	√ 3887s4.		”	1101	33	Bald
AU	√ 3887s.			1102	xx	CNG
AU	√ 3887s3.		”	xxxx	38	Ste, BaldJ but dates not clear [RYx8]
AU	3887b.		”	1104	36
AU	3887c3.		”	1107	40
AU	√ 3887s5.		”	1108	40	Marudhar
AU	√ 3887s6.		”	1110	42	Marudhar, Noble	Lah1495
AU	√ 3887s9.		”	1110	43	Bombay
AU	3887i.		”	1111	43
AU	3887k.		”	1111	44
AU	√ 3887k2.		”	1113	45	Tody
AU	√ 3887k3.		”	1114	46	Marudhar
AU	√ 3887k4.		”	1114	47	Noble
AU	√ 3887k4c.		”	1114/ 1113	xx	Noble	AH 1113 on reverse in place of RY
AU	√ 3887k4e.		”	1116	48	Tody
AU	3887k6.		”	1119	51

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Silver – Type 1, Full Title on Obverse, Mint Name at Top

abū al-ẕafar muhayyi al-dīn muḥammad ‘ālamgīr bādshāh ghāzī (=		ẓarb kābul sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Kābul in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity). Arrangement of the reverse legend varies

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee	Sixteenth Rupee
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	GR	Denomination	AH	RY	Rev	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3888.	297.4	13.12	Rupee	1069	1	II	ClassNG		S
AU	√ 3889.			”	1070	3	II	SA, Tody
AU	√ 3889c.		13.14	”	1071	x	I	Bombay
AU	√ 3890.			”	1072	4	II	Zeno
AU	√ 3891.		13.14	”	107x	5	I	Zeno
AU	√ 3891c.			”	107x	6	II	ClassNG
AU	√ 3891d.			”	1078	10	II	Tody
AU	√ 3891e.		13.13	”	1078	11	IV	SA
AU	√ 3891g.			”	1079	11	IV	SA, Oswal, Tody
AU	3909c3.	A294.2		Half Rupee	1072	5				R
AU	√ 3888c.		13.12	”	1074	x	II	SA
AU	√ 3888e.			”	xxxx	7	II	CNG
AU	3909g.	293.8		Quarter Rupee	107x	5				RR
AU	√ 3909i.	-		Sixteenth Rupee	xxxx	x		Zeno	Type not certain. Nisar?	RR

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Silver – Type 2, Full Title on Obverse, Mint Name at Bottom

abū al-ẕafar muhayyi al-dīn aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr bahādur bādshāh ghāzī (=		ẓarb kābul sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Kābul in the [RY] year of his reign of tranquil prosperity).

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3891m.	-	Rupee	1078				R

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul (No epithet) Mint, Silver – Type 3, badr Couplet on Obverse

sikka zad dār jahān chau badr mūnīr shāh aurangzeb ‘ālamgīr (= Struck money through the world like the shining moon. Shāh Aurangzeb ‘Ālamgīr).		ẓarb kābul sanah [RY] julūs maimanat mānūs (= Struck at Kābul 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	√ 3892.	300.44		Rupee	1082	14	Zeno
AU	3892c.			”	1083	15		Type not confirmed
AU	3893.			”	1083	16		Type not confirmed
AU	√ 3894.			”	1086	18	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul (no epithet) Mint, Silver – Type 4, mihr Couplet on Obverse

For a list of coins with the mihr couplet see: Becker B (1990), ONSNL 122, pp. 4-5

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

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3909k3.	300.109	Rupee	1082	15	Marudhar	AH date written as 182
AU	√ 3909k4.		”	1083	15	Zeno	LMC 3135
AU	3909k6.		”	1083	16
AU	√ 3909k6c.		”	1084	16	Tody
AU	√ 3909k7.		”	1084	17	Zeno, Daulal Johri
AU	3909k9.		”	1085	18		Ref: Becker B (1990), ONSNL 122, pp. 4-5
AU	√ 3909k10.		”	1086	18	Zeno
AU	√ 3909k11.		”	1086	19	ClassNG
AU	3909k12.		”	1088	21
AU	3909k14.		”	1091	24		Ref: Becker B (1990), ONSNL 122, pp. 4-5 (BM)
AU	3909k14c.		”	1092	24		Ref: Becker B (1990), ONSNL 122, pp. 4-5 (BM)
AU	√ 3909k14e.		”	1092	25	Zeno
AU	√ 3909k14g.		”	1093	25	Bombay, Zeno	AH & RY dates not clear
AU	√ 3909k15.		”	1093	26	SA, Zeno
AU	√ 3909k18.		”	1094	27	Zeno

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul (dār al-mulk) Mint, Silver – Type 5, badr Couplet

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

	Rupee	Half Rupee	Quarter Rupee
Actual Weight (g)
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3895.	300.45	Rupee	1094	27	Zeno	AH & RY dates on both obverse and reverse
AU	√ 3895c.		”	1096	29	RJ
AU	3896.		”	1098	30
AU	3896c.		”	1098	31
AU	3897.		”	1099	31
AU	√ 3897c.		”	1099	32	SA
AU	√ 3898c.		”	1100	32	Sekhar Kausik but no AH, ClassNG
AU	3898.		”	110x	33
AU	3898e.		”	1101	xx
AU	√ 3899.		”	1102	34	Ste, Zeno
AU	√ 3899c.		”	1102	35	Bombay
AU	√ 3899e.		”	1103	36	ClassNG
AU	3900.		”	1104	36
AU	3901.		”	110x	37
AU	3902.		”	1105	xx
AU	3903.		”	1106	38
AU	3903c.		”	1106	39
AU	3903e.		”	1107	39
AU	√ 3904.		”	1107	40	Bombay
AU	√ 3904b.		”	1108	40	Zeno, Prateek Sehdev
AU	√ 3904c.		”	1110	42	Ste
AU	3905.		”	1111	43
AU	√ 3906.		”	1111	44	SA
AU	√ 3906c.		”	1112	44	Noble
AU	√ 3907.		”	1112	45	ClassNG
AU	√ 3907a.		”	1113	45	Zeno, ClassNG
AU	√ 3907b.		”	1114	47	SA
AU	√ 3907c.		”	1115	47	Ste but no RY
AU	3907e.		”	1115	48
AU	3907g.		”	1116	48
AU	√ 3907i.		”	1116	49	ClassNG
AU	3908.		”	1117	49		Becker B (1990), ONSNL 122, pp. 4-5 lists an AH 1117, RY 49 rupee with mihr couplet referencing the Nagpur Museum catalogue. This has not been confirmed.
AU	√ 3909.		”	1118	51	SA	See also S. Album (2006), list 217, lot 894
AU	√ 3909b.		”	1119	51	Mohammad Khalid Khan
AU	3909c.	294.31	Half Rupee	xxxx	x8?		Not certain of type. Could be type 1?
AU	3909e.	293.15	Quarter Rupee	1096	xx

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Copper, Type 1, ʹĀlamgīr on Obverse, Mint Name at top

ʹĀlamgīr	ẓarb kābul [AH]

	Pice	Half Pice
Actual Weight (g)	13.7	6.15-7.05
Actual Diameter (mm)
Composition	Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3909p.	285.13	Pice	1075?	x	Zeno		RRR
AU	3909m3.	283.11	Half Pice	1074	xx

Moghul Empire – Aurangzeb – Kābul Mint, Copper, Type 2

Actual Weight (g)

12.3-14.1

Actual Diameter (mm)

~18.5-20

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	KM	Denomination	AH	RY	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
AU	√ 3909m.	-	Pice	1081	xx	SA, Oswal		RRR