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Auction 18 16-18 January 2014
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MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV portrait mohur (10.67g), Ajmir, AH 1023 year 8, KM-179.5, BMC-318 (same dies), on the obverse; a small figure of Jahangir, nimbate, seated cross-legged head to left on Mughal throne, holding a wine goblet in right hand, left hand on a Koran resting on his left knee, all within beaded inner circle, Persian legend around be-ru-yi sikke-ye zar dad chandin zeb o zivar --- shabih shah nur al-din jahanshah ibn-e shah akbar ("On the face of the golden coin, ornament and grace gave --- The picture of Shah Nur-ad-din Jahangir, son of Akbar Shah"), dotted border
on the reverse; a lion at right surmounted by sun, with date 1023 below, all within beaded inner circle, Persian legend around, zad be-zar in sikka dar ajmer shah-i din-panah --- shah nur al-din jahangir ibn-e akbar padishah ("The Shah, refuge of the faith, struck this coin of gold at Ajmir --- Shah Nur-ad-din Jahangir, son of Akbar Padishah"), dotted border, NGC graded AU58, RRR.
The Mughal historian Muhammad Hashim Khafi Khan records that the emperor Jahangir gave orders in AH1020 (AD 1611) for the issue of a new coin, a commemorative type for presentation. The Emperor ordered that a gold mohur, with the image of himself on one side and a lion surmounted by a sun on the other 'should be given to favourite Amirs or most devoted servants, and that they were to wear it respectfully on the sash of the turban or on the breast front as a life preserving amulet'. The translation of the couplet is from the British Museum catalog, p. 368 for this coin. This rare type is seldom found outside museum collections.
Estimate: 60,000- 80,000 USD
on the reverse; a lion at right surmounted by sun, with date 1023 below, all within beaded inner circle, Persian legend around, zad be-zar in sikka dar ajmer shah-i din-panah --- shah nur al-din jahangir ibn-e akbar padishah ("The Shah, refuge of the faith, struck this coin of gold at Ajmir --- Shah Nur-ad-din Jahangir, son of Akbar Padishah"), dotted border, NGC graded AU58, RRR.
The Mughal historian Muhammad Hashim Khafi Khan records that the emperor Jahangir gave orders in AH1020 (AD 1611) for the issue of a new coin, a commemorative type for presentation. The Emperor ordered that a gold mohur, with the image of himself on one side and a lion surmounted by a sun on the other 'should be given to favourite Amirs or most devoted servants, and that they were to wear it respectfully on the sash of the turban or on the breast front as a life preserving amulet'. The translation of the couplet is from the British Museum catalog, p. 368 for this coin. This rare type is seldom found outside museum collections.
Estimate: 60,000- 80,000 USD