World Silver & Bronze Coins - Afghanistan -India

Sale 130    26–29 Jul 2022   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 3021    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 28TH JULY)    World Silver & Bronze Coins - Afghanistan -India

Estimate $6,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $7,000

INDIA, Mughal, Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir (A.H.1014-1037, A.D. 1556-1605), silver zodiacal rupee Class A, (11.44 g), Ahmadabad mint, Regnal year 13, 1027 A.H. = (A.D.1618), original issue, obv. Constellation of Sher/Singha (Leo the Lion); lion, with forepaw raised, standing left, pellets on back, radiate sun behind Leo (lion) dottede border, rev. Persian couplet citing Jahangir and his father Akbar, and mint; AH date to lower left, (Liddle Type S-189, Wright -, Hull 1477 var. [direction of lion]; KM 150.11 [same obverse die]). Bright, has been cleaned, extremely fine and very rare.

The silver zodiacal rupees of Ahmadabad mint were only struck for five months, all are dated 1027, many later copies were made, this issue although cleaned and bright is an original strike of A.H. 1027 (1618).

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