Constellation of Tarazuk/Tula
Libra the Scales

412, Lot: 807. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. 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 (24.5mm, 10.88 g, 8h). Zodiac type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1028 (19 December AD 1618 – 7 December AD 1619) and RY 16 (15/24 October AD 1620 – 14/23 October AD 1621). Constellation of Tarazuk/Tula (Libra the Scales): scales; radiate sun behind; set of four weights below / Persian couplet citing Jahangir and his father Akbar, and mint; AH and RY dates to left. Liddle Type G-99; BM 342 var. (RY date); Wright 579 var. (same); Hull 1396-7 var. (AH date); SACPM (KM) 180.13; Friedberg 768. Good VF, two tiny test cuts on edge. Overstruck on an Indian mohur of uncertain type.