Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
Auction 128 23-25 Nov 2021
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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.