Constellation of Mahik/Matsya
Pisces the Fish

CNG 109, Lot: 819. Estimate $500. Sold for $5500. 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, 10.99 g, 1h). Zodiac type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1028 (19 December AD 1618 – 7 December AD 1619) and RY 13 (15/24 October AD 1617 – 14/23 October AD 1618). Constellation of Mahik/Matsya (Pisces the Fish): tête-bêche pair of carp; radiate sun behind / Persian couplet citing Jahangir and his father Akbar, and mint; AH and RY dates to left. Liddle Type G-111; BM 358; Wright 582; Hull 1407-8; SACPM (KM) 180.20; Friedberg 773; cf. NGSA 7, lot 1907 (for rev. – same die). Good VF, lightly toned. Overstruck on an Indian mohur of uncertain type.