| Obverse |
Legend: al-sultan al-a'zam hasan shah, and AH date 876 |
| Reverse |
Within central ornamental diamond: zarb Kashmir , date spelled out in margins |
| Date |
dated AH 876 (= 1471-72 CE) |
| Weight |
5.99 gm. |
| Dimensions |
14 x 16 mm. |
| Die axis |
n.a. |
| Reference |
Rajgor 2823, Goron-Goenka K31 |
| Comments |
The Kashmir Sultanate was not formed by conquest. Rather, Kashmir had been ruled for centuries by a Hindu dynasty until Shah Mirza, a Muslim from Swat and Chief Minister of the raja, married the raja's widow upon his death and assumed the throne in AH 747 (1346 CE). The Sultanate persisted until Kashmir was finally annexed by Akbar in AH 995 (1587 CE). The coinage of the Kashmir Sultanate is unique in that it has its own weight standard ... the sasnu of approximately 6.2 gm. All the coins are scarce to rare.
A CHOICE specimen of a SCARCE coin! |