Aurangzeb, Silver Rupee, 11.53g, Adoni Mint, dated RY 30, A highly unusual mule of two reverse dies. Extremely fine, exceedingly rare. Adoni, later known as Imtiazgarh is a town in Kurool district of Andhra Pradesh. The fort of Adoni was a very strong Military post of Adil Shahi Sultans of Bijapur, having a strong Garrison of 30000 Troops. The Mughals took the fortress from Sidi Masud, the commander of Sultan Sikandar Adil Shah after a protracted siege. During the siege, two types of coins appear to have been issued, either by the Mughals to pay the troops, or by Sidi Masud, to mark his acceptance of the Mughal suzerainty. One of them has the mint-name ‘Dar al-Zafar Qila’a Advani’ while the other has only ‘Adoni’. Both are extremely rare, only known from 3-4 extant pieces. This coin combines the two reverses with mint-names and thus is a mule but bringing together reverse dies of a short-lived issue. Soon afterwards Adoni was renamed ‘Imtiyazgarh’ and became a fairly productive mint under the rule of local Nawabs.