Bacchanalian Type

Triton XIX, Lot: 2398. Estimate $10000. Sold for $350000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.94 g, 12h). So-called “Bacchanalian” type. Ajmer mint. Dually dated AH 1023 and RY 9 (11 February – 14/23 October AD 1614). shabih-e hazrat Shah Jahangir (The likeness of majesty Shah Jahangir) in Persian to left, qaza-e bar sikka zar kard tasvir (Destiny on gold coin did portray) in Persian to right, radiate Jahangir cross-legged left on ornate throne against patterned cushion holding flower or goblet / huruf-e Jahangir wah allahu Akbar (The letters of Jahangir and Allahu Akbar) in Persian above, za ruz awal dar a’dad shud brabar (from first day to last number becomes equal) in Persian below, central radiate sun within pelleted quadrate border with upper and lower lines extending to create additional side panels; zarb Ajmer (struck Ajmer) in Persian and AH date in left panel, mu’aiyan ba 9 sanat (equal to regnal year 9) in Persian and AH date in right. BM 319-21; Wright –; Hull 1423-4; KM 179.6; Friedberg 760. Good Fine, hint of deposits, slightly double struck.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex A Private Collection of Indian Coins [Dr. Donald M. Hull] (Malter XXXI, 9 June 1985), lot 3337.