World Silver & Bronze Coins - India - World Coins

Lot 1774    SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV)    World Silver & Bronze Coins - India - World Coins

Estimate $5,000
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SOLD $4,800

INDIA, Mogul, Muhammad Jahangir (A.H. 1014-1037, 1605-1627 A.D.), silver Zodiacal Rupee, 'Aries' (ram) sign, Agra mint, AH 1030 RY 16, (11.28 g), obv. Sign of Aries (as ramns), with sun behind, rev. Farsi inscription of Jahangir Badshah and Akbar Badshah Zarb Ahmadabad, year 1030 (1620-1621), (KM. 150.1 [VF $7000 US]). Very fine, and extremely rare.

The emperor Jahangir struck a remarkable series of figural type rupees and mohurs, unprecedented for a Muslim prince. Besides extremely rare portrait pieces, he instituted a series of Zodiacal types, each one to be struck in the corresponding month. The obverse dies were reused from year to year, new dated reverses being produced for each subsequent issue. Wheras mohurs were issued for every month, only five types of Zodiacal rupees were issued at Agra mint, a selected few similar types were struck at Ahmadabad, Fathpur and Kashmir mints all are rare. In addition, special specimen strikes were apparently produced for important visitors to the Mogul court, each receiving a coin with his Zodiac symbol.