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.

From a West German collection, formed since the 1960s.

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