Indian Coins
Lot 3616 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Indian Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $700
AZAM SHAH, (1118-1119 A.H., 1707 A.D.), silver rupee, 10.868 grams, Burhanpur Mint, Hijri Year 1119, Regal year 1, Name on top line of obverse, mint at base of reverse, (KM.332.3, BMC 851, Nagpur 2-5). Mint not present in other collections. Extremely fine and very Rare.
Prince Azam was the third son of Emperor Aurangzeb. On his father's death he and his brother Kam Bakhsh entered into a war of succession with his elder brother later Bahadur Ahah I. Azam was killed in this struggle near Agra on June 10, 1707. Only a few coins were struck in his reign and these from only six mints.
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