Very Fine, Extremely Rare.

This is perhaps the earliest Ilahi type Gold Mohur of Akbar and the countermarked year '30' is the earliest reference to the Ilahi reckoning system which subsequently became a major feature of Akbar's coinage. Akbar promulgated the Ilahi Era in AH 992/1584 AD. It was reckoned from Akbar's accession in AH 963/1556 AD, so '30' would correspond to the year in which the era was launched. An 'Ilahi' year began at the Vernal Equinox every year, with the celebration of the Iranian festival of Nowruz. The calendar had twelve Persian months and was devised by Fathullah Shirazi, a Persian/Indian polymath.