rupee Square silver Akbar the Great (1556-1605), 1589, NM, Mughal Empire

Inscriptions on both sides: Kalima / Akbar's name and titles, mintmark in the lower margin (off flan). Dated to 998 AH = 1589 AD. Excellent coin, very attractive. Uncertain mint (mint name off-flan, but probably Ahmedabad, by style). 18x18mm, 11.27 grams. KM 82.

The Mughal Dynasty is a line of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526 to 1858. Babur, the first mughal emperor, was a descendant of the Turkish conqueror Timur on his father's side and of the Mongol (n, Mughal) conqueror Genghis Khan on his mother's side.