1 Rupee - Islam Shah Suri

Issuer Sur Empire
Year 1546-1553
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Rupee
Currency Suri (1539-1545)
Composition Silver
Weight 11.43 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 1.70 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) GG#D980
Obverse description `Islam Shah bin Sher Shah Sultan Khallada mulkahu` Emperor`s name in Persian and Nagari and AH Date within the square and exergue. Right margin: Jalal Al-Dunya Bottom margin: Al-Din Abu Al-Muzaffar Left margin: Sultan Al-Adil Top margin: 1477 and a star (see comments section below)
Obverse script
Obverse lettering Top margin - ١٤٧٧ Exergue - श्री ईसलाम साह ۹۶۰
(Translation: Within square: Islam Shah Ibn Sher Shah Sultan May [year*] Allah immortalise his kingdom In exergue: Sri Islam Suri (in Devanagari) Right margin: The glory of the world Bottom margin: and religion Abu`l-Muzaffar Left margin: The just sultan Top margin: 1477 * AH 960)
Reverse description Kalima within the square lā ilāha illā -llāh, muḥammadun rasūlu -llāh Bottom margin: Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Left margin: (Omar) Mur? Al-Farouk Right margin: Ali Al-Murtaza
Reverse script Arabic
Reverse lettering لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله
Edge Plain
Mint
Mintage 952 (1546) - -
953 (1546) - -
954 (1547) - -
955 (1548) - -
956 (1549) - -
957 (1550) - -
958 (1551) - -
959 (1552) - -
960 (1553) - -
Numisquare ID 8168622360
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