Lot 2424

Description

Muhammad Ibrahim, 1132-1133 A.H., 1720 A.D., Silver Rupee, 11.33 grams, Shahjahanabad Mint Dar-ul-Khilafat, Hijri date [113]2AH, Regal year 1, Ruler's name at top on obverse, Mint at top on reverse, (KM 426.1, Lucknow 3764, IMC 1836, Hull 2032, Lahore 2314, M.3321a, Nagpur 607-8, BMC 956, Not in Bombay). Nearly very fine and extremely rare.

Ex Robert Senior England, List 1 (March 1981), Die axis 60 degrees. Regal year lower left of reverse, Hijri date centre left of obverse. The couplet on the obverse reads "Struck coin in the world through the grace of the Bountiful one, King of Kings, Muhammad Ibrahim." He only struck at Shahjahanabad (Delhi) in a reign of 39 days. An AU example in Steve Album list 206 of August 2005 was priced at $1350US. A similar example was in our Sale 81 (lot 3622).