Humayun, ½ Bahloli, AH 946. Mint: Agra. Same type as Valentine#9.

[asm]

Please help attribute this 4.1g coin of Humayun. I read the date as x46 making it AH 946. I am unabe to read the second side. Please help.

Amit

[saro]

As nobody have had any suggestion on this coin, I try to give one....
I think that this coin could better belong to Akbar with the Ilahi date "46" instead of the suggested AH date: 946. On the other face, it seems that we can see "Agra" among other parts of the legend which I am not able to read. The weight is too light for a quarter dam and may better fit with a tanki ?(1/10 of a tanka or 1/5 dam) the date may fit (but not the legend ...)

[Overlord]

Dear saro. Thanks to you, I see what I had missed all along.
It is Humayun, Agra. Same type as Valentine#9.

[Overlord]

Ok, not exactly the "same", but similar nevertheless...

Obverse In quatrefoil Zarb Agra; in margins Falus
Reverse Bi Tarikh fi Sanat 946

[saro]

Thank you to have posted the Valentine's drawing; no doubt the face with date is the same, and now with this new light, it seems that the upper part of the missing "9" of the date is at 7 o'clock? did you agree ?
indeed, you have here a scarce variety of an already scarce coin!

[asm]

Thanks a ton Saro & Overlord for the excellent work.

........... it seems that the upper part of the missing "9" of the date is at 7 o'clock? did you agree ?

I also read the date with the 9 at 7 O'clock.

Amit

[asm]

I was trying to find another example of a similar coin but could not find one on Zeno or SACG. However, looking through these sites, I found that all the coppers of Agra are dated between 938 - 943. The coin that I have posted is 946. This would be just a short while before Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri and fled from India.

Does the mint name read Dar al Khilafat Agra?

Amit

[Overlord]

There are a couple of similar examples here and here.

[asm]

Thanks for the Links.

Amit