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Auction: 13012 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 117

Mughal Empire, Jahangir (1605-28), AV Mohur, 10.90g, Ajmir, AH1023, yr.9, Jahangir seated on a cushioned throne holding a goblet left, qaza-e-bar sikka zad kard tasvir / shabbih-e-hazrat shahe jahangir (destiny has drawn the portrait of His Majesty Shah Jahangir on (this) coin of gold), rev. sun within a beaded square border with mint name left and regnal year right, legend above and below huruf-e-jahangir wa allahu akbar / za roz-e-aowal dar ´ahad shud brabar (from the beginning of time the letters of Jahangir and Allahu Akbar are equal in numerical value) (KM.179.6), rim with punch at 12 o´clock, possibly originating from an old mount, very fine, rare

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