Constellation of Tarazuk/Tula
Libra the Scales

436, Lot: 819. Estimate $500. Sold for $3250. 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, 10.89 g, 8h). Zodiac type, Class D. Agra mint. Dually dated [Mihr] 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 mint, Jahangir Shah, and Akbar Shah; to left, AH date above RY date. Cf. Liddle Type G-99; cf. BM 342; cf. Wright 579; cf. Hull 1396-7; cf. KM 180.13 (all refs for type). EF, lightly toned. Overstruck on anuncertain mohur.