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MUGHAL: Shah Shuja, 1657-1660, AR rupee (11.55g), Akbarnagar, AH1068 year one (ahad)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
MUGHAL: Shah Shuja, 1657-1660, AR rupee (11.55g), Akbarnagar, AH1068 year one (ahad)
SOLD
15,000.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Sep 11 @ 13:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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MUGHAL: Shah Shuja, 1657-1660, AR rupee (11.55g), Akbarnagar, AH1068 year one (ahad), KM-275.1, lovely strike, 4-panel legend on obverse, tiny flan defect at the middle of the obverse, without any testmarks on the obverse & reverse, but there are 2 interesting small banker's marks on the edge, one of the nicest rupees we have ever seen for this reign, choice VF to EF, RRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. Shah Shuja was one of four sons of Shah Jahan I to claim the empire after their father's death. Shah Shuja was based in Rajmahal in Jharkhand state, then called Akbarnagar, but was soon defeated by Aurangzeb, fled toward Arakan, eventually dying in Manipur in AH1071 (February 1661). His known coins are all dated AH1068, nearly all from the mint of Akbarnagar, all extremely rare.