Aurangzeb Silver Rupee - Mint ??

[Abhay]

Silver Rupee of Aurangzeb
Year AH 1118
RY 51 (Last Year of Aurangzeb)

Can the mint be recognised?

Abhay

[Overlord]

Probably Ak(barnagar).

[Abhay]

Thanks overlord, for the confirmation.
Is it then KM # 300.100, Akbarnagar with "BADR" couplet?

Abhay

[asm]

Probably Ak(barnagar).

Though AK.....looks correct, to me Akbarnagar does not gell. In all coins of Akbarnagar that I have come across or on Zeno. the RY date is placed on inside the S of the Jalus. Never seen such an arrangement.

However there is one coin here where Oesho has comented as below: The Chu Badre Munir couplet, normally found on the rupees of Aurangzeb, is for Akbarnagar only found on some of the later years.

Similarly Akbarabad too is with mint epitheth with the mint name at the top. So from where is this coin? Lukhnau or Lucknow (KM# 300.54) seems to be a good bet. See this one and this one.

Amit

[Oesho]

With the AH-date to left of Munir, the mint it is definitely Akbarnagar. This late year for Aurangzeb is pretty rare. Not recorded in the major museum catalogues, but listed in KM as #300.7, but in type similar to KM#300.100.

[asm]

With the AH-date to left of Munir, the mint it is definitely Akbarnagar.

Thank you Oesho for the confirmation of the mint name.

This late year for Aurangzeb is pretty rare.

Is the rarity for this mint only or in general for all mints.

Amit

[Abhay]

Thanks a lot, Oesho.
I got this coin only yesterday. The dealer, who gave me this coin, also told me that this is a rare coin, but he was also not sure of the mintname.

Abhay

[Oesho]

Is the rarity for this mint only or in general for all mints.

It is not so much the mint, but the later years of Akbarnagar (from Yr.45 onwards) which are more scarce as the earlier years. The year 1118/Ry.51 was struck during the period of 26 November 1706 till 20 February 1707. This relative short period of time makes the coins more scarce than other years and this of course applies to all mints.