India, Mughal India, 1725 AD., Muhammad Shah, Shajahanabad (Old Delhi) mint, Rupee, KM 437.4.
India, Mughal empire, Muhammad Shah (AH 1131-1161 / 1719-1748 AD.), Shajahanabad, Dar al-Khilafat (Old Delhi, seat of the caliphate) mint, 1725 AD.,
Rupee (ø 21,5-22,5 mm / 11,31 g), silver, ca. 11,6 g theor. mint weight, axis about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 350°), flat til uneven edge,
Obv.: ۱۱(۳۶-۷) ... , Persian script: Muhammad Shah badshah ghazi Sahib qiran sani, sikka mubarak (“year 11(36-7) emperor Muhammad Shah, (the one) who fights against infidels, second lord of the favourable conjunction of planets, auspicious coin), name of the emperor with title "Sahib Qiran Sani" couplet, AH date ۱۱(۳۶-۷) partly visible at upper r. edge.
Rev.: ۶ … , Persian script: sanah ۶, jalus manus maimanat, zarb Dar-Al-Khilafat Shajahanabad (“regnal year 6, (in the) reign associated with prosperity, struck at (the) seat of the caliphate Shajahanabad“), “zarb Shahjahanabad“, mint name and regnal year 6 (1725-6 AD.).
KM 437.4 .
Old Delhi or Purani Dilli was founded as a walled city of Delhi, India, founded as Shahjahanabad in 1639, when Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor at the time, decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra.