10/18/2025
Mughal Dynasty. Shah Jahan. AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD. AR Rupee (24.7 mm, 11.43 g, 3 h). Junagarh mint, AH1071 (posthumous issue). KM 235.12. EF, Complete mint name. Extremely Rare.
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Shah Jahan was deposed on 17 Ramadan AH 1068 (8 June 1658) and confined in prison, where he remained until his death eight years later. Following his deposition, three of his sons contested the throne: Murad Bakhsh, who was arrested and deposed within weeks; Shah Shuja, who resisted for several months before being defeated; and Aurangzeb, who ultimately secured power and formally ascended the throne on 21 July 1658. In Junagadh, however, the local governors did not acknowledge Aurangzeb?s authority until late in AH 1071. As a result, the mint there appears to have continued issuing coins in Shah Jahan?s name until some point in 1071, as demonstrated by this specimen. From that year onward, rupees were struck at Junagadh in Aurangzeb?s name, though they preserved a distinctive local style until the 31st year of his reign, after which the mint adopted the standard designs of Aurangzeb?s coinage.
The last example of this type that Stephen Album sold realized $2100 (see Album Auction 19, lot 1033, 15 May 2014).
