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# 216Rupee nd SalimIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Akbar (AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605), Anonymous Coinage, attributed to Salim's Rebellion (later Jahangir, about AH 1007-1013 / AD 1599-1605). Rupee nd (variety without Ilahi date and month), Mint: Allahabad, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.36 g.). Edge: plain. Liddle S-59. Lane-Poole 254. Whitehead –. Wright –. KM 97.1. Manik n. 6, p. 26.

Obverse:
Persian legend. First part of the Couplet within cirlce (from bottom to top: Hamesha hum-chu zar / mehr wa mah raij-bad. = Like the Gold of the the Sun and the Moon, may ever be current.). Ornaments in the field. Border of dots.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Last part of the Couplet with the Mint name within cirlce (from bottom to top: .ba gharb wa sharq jahan / sikkah - e - Allahabad = .in the West and the Est of the World, the coin of Allahabad). Ornaments in the field. Border of dots.

Note:
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 Mr. Lingen's comments on Zeno)

Web References:
www.neocollect.com/coll/90/
www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=26025
www.coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=24321
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2003.
Lane-Poole Stanley – The Coinage of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum – London, 1892 (reprinted 1983).
Liddle, A – Coinage of Akbar / The Connaisseur's Choice – Gurgaon, India, 2005.
Manik Jain – Couplets on Mughal Coins of India – Calcutta, India, 1998.
Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.
Rajgor D. – Collector's Guide to Mughal Coins – University of Mumbai, India, 2002.
Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Panjab Museum, Lahore / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. II, Oxford, 1914 (reprinted 1977).
Wright H. N. – Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. III, Oxford, 1908 (reprinted 1972).