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Auction 24  14-16 January 2016
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Lot 1422

Starting price: 1700 USD
Price realized: 4000 USD
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MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AR square sawai rupee (14.24g), Lahore, AH1020 year 6, KM-160.2, PML-1103, month of Ardibihisht, embroidered octogram border both sides, superb strike, choice EF, RRRR, ex Paul Stevens Collection. The legends form a poetic couplet, translated by Whitehead as "In Ardibihisht struck this coin in Lahore on gold (sic) / King of kings of the age, Shah Jahangir, son of Shah Akbar". Although zar means "gold", it is frequently used poetically to designate "precious metal", i.e., gold and silver in general.

Estimate: 2,000-2,800 USD
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