Lot 6609

Rebelion coinage, Anonymous Rupee (KM97.1) struck by Prince Salim at Allahabad. Persian couplet: Hamasha hamchu zar mihr wa mah raij bad / baghrub wa sharq jahan sikka Allahabad (Like the gold of the sun and moon, may ever be current; In the world’s east and west, the coin of Allahabad.) 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 - good VF