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Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna
Gemini the Twins – Class D

366, Lot: 115. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MUGHAL EMPIRE. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (23mm, 11.23 g, 6h). Zodiac Type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1033 and RY 19 (8 December AD 1619 – 14/23 October AD 1620). Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna (Gemini the Twins): pair of nude twins embracing; radiate sun behind; AH date below / Persian couplet citing ruler and mint; RY dates to left. Cf. Wright 575; cf. Hull 1385 and 1387; cf. KM 180.6 (all refs for official issue). Good VF.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from William B. Warden, Jr., February 1999.