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Auction 102  18 May 2016
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Lot 1310

Estimate: 20 000 USD
Price realized: 42 500 USD
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INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (22mm, 11.86 g, 10h). Zodiac Type, Class A. Fatehpur mint. Dually dated AH 1028 and RY 14 (19 December AD 1618 – 14/23 October AD 1619). Constellation of Varak/Mesha (Aries the Ram): ram, head right, recumbent left; radiate sun behind; sanat 14 jalus (regnal year 14) in Persian below / sikka-e zar gist ba-Fatahpur faruzada nur-i nam Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah (Gold coin became lustrous at Fatehpur by the light of the name of Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) in Persian verse; AH date in lower left. Cf. Liddle Type G-74/G-76 (for obv./rev.) = S. Bhandare, "Important Indian coins in the Kunsthistorisches; Museum, Vienna," in ONS Journal 205 (Autumn 2010), Fig. 7/11 (for obv./rev. – same dies as illustrations); BM –; Wright –; Hull –; Nagpur –; Lucknow –; KM 180.2 (date unlisted) and cf. 150. 3 (rupee); cf. Friedberg 762 (for type with no distinction to mint). Good VF, field marks, two shroff marks on obverse, three on reverse, with ornate suspension loop attached. Extremely rare.

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