A Group of Class D Zodiac Mohurs
Constellation of Varak/Mesha
Aries the Ram

436, Lot: 816. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. 1605-1627. AV Mohur (22mm, 10.92 g, 6h). Zodiac Type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated [Farwardin] AH 1030 and RY 16 (21 March-19 April AD 1621). Constellation of Varak/Mesha (Aries the Ram): ram, head right, recumbent left; radiate sun behind / Persian couplet citing mint, Jahangir Shah, and Akbar Shah; to left, AH date above RY date. Cf. Liddle Type G-73; cf. BM 323; cf. Wright 570; cf. Hull 1380; cf. KM 180.1 (all refs for type). EF, light marks, traces of luster.