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Rupee - Akbar Ram Siya Type
| Issuer | Mughal Empire (India) |
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| Year | 1604 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two lines of Persian inscription arranged within a decorative floral vine border, referencing the Ilahi era date (Ilahi 50, month Amardad), all contained within concentric linear and pelleted borders. The calligraphy is rendered in the fine naskh style typical of Akbar-era imperial coinage. The field is clean with no subsidiary symbols. |
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| Obverse script | Persian |
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The "Ram Siya" rupees of Akbar occupy an uncomfortable chapter in Mughal numismatic history. Issued under Akbar's syncretic religious experiment, Din-i-Ilahi, these coins carried Hindu devotional inscriptions at a moment when the emperor was deliberately distancing himself from orthodox Islam — a provocation that drew sustained hostility from the Sunni ulema and contributed to the religious tensions that would consume his son Jahangir's early reign.
KM# 79.1 is the Fatehpur Sikri attribution. The mint was effectively abandoned the year these were struck, following a water supply failure that forced the imperial court's relocation — making the production window exceptionally narrow.