Marudhar Arts
Auction 31 18 Sep 2020
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Jahangir, Ahmadabad Mint, Silver Zodiac Rupee, 'Leo' sign, AH 1027/13 RY, 'Zar Ahmadabad' Couplet, Obv: star-studded lion emerging from the sun with the regnal year 13 at the bottom, Rev: Persian legends "zar Ahmedabad ra dad zewar, Shah Jahangir Shahenshah Akbar", with the Hijri year at the bottom, 11.3g, 21.57mm, (KM 150.11), about extremely fine, Extremely Rare.
Note: "Leo' was a special sign for Jahangir, because it was his birth sign as per Iranian astrology. The "lion and sun' was also the Mughal emblem of the state, as the sign of Leo was considered to be a domicile of Jupiter, the planet which is associated with kingship.