Lot 4175

Description

Muhammad Ibrahim, (A.H. 1132-1133, A.D. 1720), Silver Rupee, 11.33 grams, Shahjahanabad mint Dar-ul-Khilafat, Hijri date [113]2AH, Regnal 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. Regnal 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.