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Constellation of Varak/Mesha
Aries the Ram

412, Lot: 806. Estimate $500.
Sold for $2500. 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 (23mm, 10.89 g, 9h). Zodiac type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1030 and RY 16 (26 November AD 1620 – 14/23 October AD 1621). Constellation of Varak/Mesha (Aries the Ram): ram, head right, recumbent left; radiate sun behind / Persian couplet citing Jahangir and his father Akbar, and mint; AH and RY dates to left. Liddle Type G-73; BM 323; Wright –; Hull 1380 var. (AH date); SACPM (KM) 180.4; Friedberg 762. VF, lightly toned, a few light marks. Possibly overstruck on an Indian mohur of uncertain type.