Lot 6611

AV Mohur (10.97 g., 23 mm.) mint: Surat, Ry.2, month: Azar (Sagittarius, 22 Nov.-21 Dec. 1606), Ex 'Akola' hoard (MWI.3211; KM.255.6; Fr.787) - Obv: Persian legend: badshah ghazi / muhammad shajahan / shihab al-din / sahib qiran sani / Rev.: Persian legend: la l lah illa allah / mohammed / rasul allah / zarb surat sanah 2 ilahi mah azar - XF/UNC Note: The fresh minted coins were on transport from Surat to Burhanpur, when at night the camp was flooded by the river Bordi and the money-chest wrecked and the coins disappeared into the mud of the river bed, from where they were recovered again during digging works in 1974.