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Akbar, silver ½ Kori, with Allahu Akbar/Jalla Jalalahu legends on obverse & reverse, 2.02g.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Mughal Empire Start Price:NA Estimated At:70,000.00 - 80,000.00 INR
Akbar, silver ½ Kori, with Allahu Akbar/Jalla Jalalahu legends on obverse & reverse, 2.02g.
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Akbar (1556-1605) - silver ½ Kori, mintless and dateless, with Allahu Akbar/Jalla Jalalahu legends on obverse and reverse, 2.02g.

Extremely fine, Extremely rare.

This is an extremely rare fraction of an unusual Mughal issue (for a full Kori of the same type see our Auction 26, lot 286, 21-1-2017, which hammered for INR 85000). Even though the coin does not bear a mint-name, the style of engraving and decoration make it absolutely certain that it must have been a product of Ahmedabad mint. Akbar's silver coins, struck to the local Kori/Mahmudi standards in various local types are known from South Gujarat/Baglana and Kathiawad/Junagarh areas. However, the Ahmadabad issues bears witness to the fact that such coins were also struck at the imperial mint; perhaps, their issue was prompted military campaigns in the mid-1590s which resulted in complete subjugation of Gujarat following the rebellion of Muzaffar III.