Lot No : 292
Auction No : 6
Sultans of Malwa, Khilji dynasty - Ala al-din Mahmud I (1436-1469 AD), Billon Tanka, AH871, G&G M32, 10.00 grams. Obv: Arabic legend Abu al-Muzaffar Mahmud Shah Khilji in double rectangle. Rev: Arabic legend al-Sultan al-Halim al-Karim 'Ala al-Dunya wa al-Din. VF+, Scarce.
Lot No : 296
Auction No : 6
Akbar (1556-1605 AD) - Gold Mohur struck to heavy standard, 'Kalima' / 'Chaharyari' type, Dar al-Saltanah Lahore mint, AH988, KM 112.2, 12.20 grams. Obv: Kalima in centre, surrounded by the names of the four Rashidoon caliphs and their titles, calligraphically forming a diamond-shaped enclosure. Rev: full name of the emperor in centre with AH date; the invocation Khallada Allah Ta'ala Mulkahu above and mint-name below Abu'l Fazl, in his treatise 'Ain-i Akbari, mentions that the gold coinage struck by Akbar operated on two standards: corresponding to 9-rupees and 10-rupees. The mohurs or Ashrafis worth 10-rupees were evidently heavier than the 9-rupee mohurs, weighing close to the old 'Dinar' standard. The precise reasons for this variance is not known, but judging by the fact that the heavy mohurs are much rarer than the normal (9-rupee) mohurs, it is plausible that they were struck for special occasions. They appear first time in AH987 and 988 but examples struck in the Islamic Millennium of AH990 are also known. So far, they are known struck from the mints of Ahmadabad, Lahore, Fathpur, Ujjain and Urdu Zafar Qarin. Exceedingly Rare.
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