INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun, 1530-1540 and 1555-1556. 1/12 Mohur (Gold, 11 mm, 0.95 g), undated. Posthumous issue, [Badakhshan], probably struck circa AD 1599-1600. ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. The name and titles of the Mughal emperor in Arabic/Persian of which only ‘Humāyūn pādshāh’ (‘King Humayun’) is legible. Album 3007H. Some areas of weakness and with light doubling, otherwise, very fine.



This type was struck by an unknown Shaybanid ruler of Badakhshan around AD 1599-1600.