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India / Mughal Empire, Akbar I, AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605, anonymous rupee, Ilahi year 45 (AH 1008 / AD 1599)

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India / Mughal Empire. Akbar I, AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605. anonymous rupee, Ilahi year 45 (AH 1008 / AD 1599). Allahabad. Lane-Poole 254. Mitchiner 3052. KM 97.1. Liddle S-59. Zeno 56346. Silver. Diameter 22.5mm, 11.42 grams. Obverse: Hamasha hamchu zar mihr wa mah raij bad. Reverse: baghrub wa sharq jahan sikka Allahabad 45. XF/AU.

Persian couplet: Hamasha hamchu zar mihr wa mah raij bad / baghrub wa sharq jahan sikka Allahabad (Like the gold of the sun and moon, may ever be current; In the world's east and west, the coin of Allahabad.)

During the last decade of Akbar's reign, his son Salim, the later emperor Jahangir, grew increasingly restive in the desire to assume supreme power. He rebelled outright several times and, as governor of the Subah of Allahabad, refused to recognize Akbar's suzerainty. The silver coins of this period were issued anonymously without following the imperial style, but with a Persian poetic couplet giving mint-name and sometimes the Ilahi month and date. Known dates Yr.44 to 49, as well as a not dated variety. (extracted from http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=26025)

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