Triton XXVI - Session 4
Date: 2023-01-10 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1054
GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Duchy & Electorate). Moritz. Elector, 1547-1553. AR Taler (42mm, 29.03 g, 6h). Annaberg mint. Dated 1550. Armored half-length bust right, holding swor / Coat-of-arms; additional arms around. Keilitz & Kahnt 10; Schnee 689; Davenport 9787. Attractive iridescent toning, areas of slight weakness. EF. Well struck for issue. Ex HLT Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 1333.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1055
GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Duchy & Electorate). Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. AR 60 Kipper Groschen (44.5mm, 23.21 g, 12h). Dresden mint. Dated 1622. Angel facing, holding coat-of-arms / Pair of angels holding three coats-of-arms. Rahnenführer/Krug 161; KM 364. Iridescent toning, slight edge splits. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1056
GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Electorate & Duchy). Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. AR Taler Klippe (47x48mm, 29.27 g, 3h). Commemorating the marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie to Christian Ernst. Dresden mint. Dated 1662. Hands emerging from clouds crowning with wreath a monument decorated with two coats-of-arms, joined by hanging garlands to two garlanded pillars on either side, one surmounted by a pair of wings, the other a pair of doves; radiate name of God above; ornate coats-of-arms in corners / Legend in nine lines; ornate coats-of-arms in corners. Clauss & Kahnt 511; Schnee 914; Davenport 7631; KM 500. Wonderful old cabinet toning. Near EF. Ex Johns Hopkins University Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 1398; Hall Collection, 128.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1057
INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. Sikander Shah. AH 961-962 / AD 1554-1555. AR Rupee (27mm, 11.21 g, 9h). Lahore mint. Dated AH 962 (1554/5). al-mutawakkil legend / Shahada. CIS D1150; Rajgor Type 1871. Toned, slight peripheral weakness. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1058
INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. Ibrahim Shah. AH 962 / AD 1554-1555. AR Rupee (25mm, 11.03 g, 12h). Banaras mint. Dated AH 962 (1554/5). khurshed legend / khallada allah legend; unusually engraved number two in date. CIS D1163; Rajgor Type 1861. Toned, shroff marks. VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1059
INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Kashmir. Muhammad Ghazi Shah. AH 962-970 / AD 1555-1562. AR Sasnu (16mm, 5.79 g, 7h). Kashmir mint. Dually dated AH [9]69 (1561/2). [na]sir al-din/[muha]mmad/[ghazi] badshah / Mint in ornamental square; AH date formula in outer margins. CIS K118 var. (arrangement of obv. legend); Rajgor Type 2870; Zeno 289851 (this coin). Find patina, worn at high points, shroff mark on reverse. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1060
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur. AH 932-937 / AD 1526-1530. AV Mithqal – Tilla (22.5mm, 4.71 g, 1h). Lahore mint. Dated AH [9]36 (1529/30). Shahada in circular linear border; oaths of Rashidun in outer margins / Name and title of Babur in ornate cartouche frame; continuation of legend, mint formula, and AH date in outer margin. Rahman –; Album –; ICV –; Zeno 286362 (this coin). Lightly toned, deposits in devices, central flan flaw, minor edge marks. VF. Extremely rare and of great historical importance. In 1526 the forces of Babur, the Timurid ruler of Kabulistan, won a decisive victory over Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi, at the Battle of Panipat. Ibrahim Lodi was killed on the battlefield, and many of his generals and vassals promptly swore allegiance to Babur. Babur's position in India was confirmed when he defeated the Rajput ruler of Mewar, Rana Sanga, at the battle of Khanwa in the following year. The city of Lahore, having previously been governed by the Sultans of Delhi, now came under Babur's control. However, while the Delhi Sultans had struck gold tankas for decades, Babur himself initially struck no gold coins in his newly-won Indian lands, issuing only silver and copper there (see Aman ur Rahman, Zahir-uddin Muhammad Babur. A numismatic study [Karachi: 2005]). The coin offered here, which appears to be unique may have been part of a special issue, given to members of the city's elite who assisted him while he held the city. It also has the distinction of being the first Mughal gold coin struck in India.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1061
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun. AH 937-947 and 962-963 / AD 1530-1540 and 1555-1556. AR Shahrukhi (24mm, 4.51 g, 7h). Assam mint. Dated AH [9]42 (1535/6). Shahada in circular linear border; oaths of Rashidun in outer margins / Name and title of Humayun in ornate cartouche frame; continuation of legend, mint formula, and AH date in outer margin. Album B2464; Album 42, lot 444 (hammered for $4000). Iridescent toning, some find patina, areas of weakness, shroff marks. VF. Extremely rare mint.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1062
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014/AD 1556-1605. AV Mohur (27mm, 10.76 g, 12h). Possible contemporary local imitation. Agra mint (blundered). Dated AH [9]7[...] (Struck AD 1564/5). Shahada within quatrefoil; oaths of Orthodox Caliphs in outer margins / Name and titles of Akbar, AH date above. Cf. Liddle Type G-3; cf. BM 24; cf. IMC (Wright) 64-6; cf. Hull 1202; cf. KM 105.1. Earthen deposits, edge marks, numerous shroff marks on edge. VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex Malter XXXI (9 June 1985), lot 3293.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1063
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014/AD 1556-1605. AV Mohur (24.5mm, 10.87 g, 6h). Bhakkar mint. Dated AH 984 (AD 1576/7). Shahada within knotted frame decorated with pellets; AH date in lower left corner; oaths of Rashidun in outer margins / Name and titles of Akbar within pelleted mehrib; mint formula below. Whitehead , Panjab Museum, Lahore, cf. p. lviii; Liddle Type G-6 (mint unlisted); BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM Type 108 (mint unlisted); Zeno 102283 (this coin). Toned, traces of having been placed in a bezel. Near EF. Extremely rare. Whitehead records that the fortress of Bhakkar was captured for the Emperor Akbar in AH 981, three years before this unpublished mohur was struck. The modern town of Bhakkar lies on the left bank of the Indus, but Whitehead states that in the Mughal mint was located on an island in the river. While Whitehead records rupees of Bhakkar issued by several Mughal emperors, no gold of this mint was known to him.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1064
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014 / AD 1556-1605. AR Rupee (22mm, 11.42 g, 4h). Kabul mint. Dated Khurdad Ilahi year 48 (20 February – 20 March AD 1603). Allahu Akbar/jal jallala within ornate frame / Mint formula and Ilahi date within ornate frame. Liddle Type S-56; BM 238 var. (year); IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM 64.3. Iridescent toning, traces of find patina, light roughness. Near VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1065
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar. AH 963-1014/AD 1556-1605. Square AR Quarter Rupee (12mm, 2.74 g, 12h). Urdu Zafar Qarin mint. Dated alf (= AH 1000 [1591/2]). Allahu Akbar and AH date / Mint formula. Liddle Type S-46; BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull 1292; KM 55.2. Iridescent toning, shroff marks. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1066
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Quarter Mohur (14mm, 2.72 g, 9h). Shikargah mint. Dually dated AH 1034 and RY 20 (AD 1625). hamesha ain zar kunad/karam dar shikargah (This gold will always do favor in the Shikargah [the King's hunting grounds]) / shah-i-shikar dost jahangir badshah ([Struck by] Jahangir badshah who enjoys the hunt); AH and RY dates to left. Liddle Type G-69 = Zeno 82954 = J. Lingen, "A Quarter Mohur of Jahangir Struck on the Occasion of a Royal Hunt (Shikar)," ONS Newsletter 172 (Summer 2002), p. 30 and illustration (this coin); BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM –. Lightly toned, traces of deposits. Near EF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. Deriving from their traditions in Central Asia, the Mughals used the shikargah or "hunting ground," where qamargah, or the controlled encircling of game occured. While this was specifically designed to provide a convienent place for camping and shooting, it also served as an opportunity for settling conflicts and war games. In the translation of the Tuzuk-e Jahangiri by Wheeler M. Thackson (The Janhangirnama, Memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India (New York: 1999), the reason for the minting of this coin was the celebration of Jahangir's 20th year on the throne, itself a great cause for celebration and the opportunity to hold a shikargah; a celebration was described as being held at Jangirhati in the vicinity of Mt. Bhaner. While the exact location of Jangirhati remains unknown, internal evidence of the Tuzuk-e Jahangiri suggests somewhere in Kashmir.For a more detailed discussion of the locations of this specific shikargah and the purpose for minting this extremely rare coin, see J. Lingen, "A Quarter Mohur of Jahangir Struck on the Occasion of a Royal Hunt (Shikar)," ONS Newsletter 172 (Summer 2002).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1067
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Heavy Mohur – Tanka (23mm, 21.85 g, 9h). Kanbayat mint. Dually dated AH 1027 and RY 12 (December, AD 1618). sikka/Jahangir/shahi (coin of Jahangir Shah); 1027 (date) below / zarb/Kanbayat/sanat/12/jalus (struck Kanbayat year 12 of the accession). Liddle –; BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM –; Zeno 284885 = S. Goron and R. Babar, "Jahangir's Gold Tanka of Cambay," ONS Newsletter 175 (Spring 2003), p. 18 and illustration (this coin). Lightly toned, deposits, light marks. EF. Of the highest rarity, apparently the only published specimen. When S.H. Hodivala published his Historical Studies in Mughal Numismatics in 1923, he included an article entitled "Jahangir's Cambay Tankas." Citing a passage of the Mughal emperor's autobiography, Tuzuk-e Jahangiri, Hodivala stated that, a few months prior to the introduction of his celebrated Zodiac coinage, Jahangir, while encamped at Kanbayat (Cambay), ordered the minting of special silver and gold coins (which were called tankas). In the translation of the Tuzuk-e Jahangiri by Rogers and Beveridge (London, 1909, pp. 417-8), the emperor Jahangir describes in his own words how he came to create these beautiful and impressive tankas: At this time an order was given that tankas of gold and silver should be coined at twice the weight of ordinary mohurs and rupees. The legend on the gold coin was on one side the words 'Jahangir-shahi, 1027' and on the reverse 'Struck in Cambay in the 12th year of the reign.' The legend for silver coins was on one side 'Sikka, Jahangir-shahi, 1027'; round it this hemistich, 'King Jahangir of the conquering ray struck this'; and on the reverse, 'Coined at Cambay in the 12th year of the reign,' with this second hemistich round it: 'When after the conquest of the Deccan he came to Gujarat from Mandu.' In no reign except mine have tankas been coined except of copper; the gold and silver tankas are my invention. I ordered it to be called the Jahangiri coinage. It has been suggested that the splendid calligraphy on this coin has strong similarities with the beautiful nasta'liq script of the celebrated calligrapher 'Abd al-Rahim al-Heravi. Known as 'Anbarin-Qalam, 'The Pen of Amber', a title which may have been bestowed on him by Jahangir himself, dated manuscripts indicate that 'Abd al-Rahim was active at the Mughal court for at least thirty years, spanning the period between AH 1005-1037. Contemporary sources confirm that calligraphers at the Mughal court were often skilled in other arts, including painting, gilding and engraving. At the time that Hodivala published his findings, no gold tankas had been discovered. This specimen is the first and only recorded example of a gold tanka of this type, published and illustrated by S. Goron and R. Babar, in the ONS Newsletter 175 (Spring 2003). No extant silver tankas of the type described in the Tuzuk-e Jahangiri are known, but Jahangir's own description of their legends confirms that these double-weight gold and silver coins were struck following his military operations in the Deccan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1068
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.63 g, 12h). Portrait type. Ajmer mint. Dually dated AH 1023 (11 February AD 1614-30 January AD 1615) and RY 8 (15/24 October 1612 – 14/23 October 1613). ba ruye sikka-e zad dad chanden-e zein wa zewar shabih-e Shah Nur al-Din Jahangir bar Akbar padshah (Upon the gold coin much beauty and ornament the likeness of Shah Nur al-Din Jahangir son of Akbar Padshah) in Persian, radiate Jahangir seated cross-legged left against patterned cushion holding flower; numeral 8 (in eastern Arabic numeral) below sikka-e; legend divided by two roses, each set on arrow / zad ba zar ein dar sikka Ajmer Shah din-e panah Shah Shah Nur al-Din Jahangir bar Akbar Badshah (Struck in gold this coin at Ajmer the Shah shelter of the Faith. Shah Nur al-Din Jahangir son of Akbar Badshah) in Persian, lion recumbent right; radiate sun behind; AH date below; legend divided by two roses, each set on arrow. Liddle Type G-39; BM 318 var. (no RY date); IMC (Wright) –; Hull 1425; KM 179.5; Friedberg 759; Adams III 2397 (same dies, but later strike). Traces of deposits in devices with underlying luster. EF. Very rare and seldom encountered outside museum collections. Ex Album 18 (16 January 2014), lot 1188.Between the fifth and seventh years of his reign, the emperor Jahangir issued special gold mohurs which bear his own portrait on the obverse and a lion-and-sun motif on the reverse. According to contemporary historical sources, these special coins were introduced in AH 1020 (AD 1611), and Jahangir ordered that they were to be presented to favoured ministers, servants and eminent visitors to the Mughal court. Jahangir's own courtiers and attendants were even instructed to wear these coins, prominently displayed on their clothing or on their turban sash, both as a mark of their status and also as a life-preserving amulet. It is therefore unsurprising that surviving examples sometimes exhibit signs of wear and mounting, but being struck to the same weight and fineness as regular mohurs they also fulfilled a monetary function and we can imagine that coins of this type given to visitors to Jahangir's court might well have ended up in treasuries elsewhere. The piece offered here is a particularly well-preserved example of this beautiful and extremely rare issue.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1069
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AR Rupee (23mm, 11.39 g, 9h). Rohtas mint. Dated Aban RY 19 (25 October 1623 – 13 October 1624). Legend naming Jahangir Shah / Mint formula and Ilahi month. Liddle Type S-23 (RY date unlisted); BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM 145.14 (RY date unlisted); Zeno 134313. Iridescent toning, banker's marks on edge. Good VF. Rare mint.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1070
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (22mm, 10.95 g, 4h). Zodiac Type, Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1028 and RY 14 (21 March-20 April AD 1619). Constellation of Varak/Mesha (Aries the Ram): ram, head right, recumbent left; radiate sun behind; sanat 14 jalus (regnal year 14) in Persian below / zar zewar dar Agra ruye yaft az Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah (Received ornament on gold at Agra from Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) in Persian verse; AH date to left. Liddle Type G-74 = Fitzwilliam Inv. (same dies); BM 322; IMC (Wright) 570; Hull 1379; KM 180.1; Friedberg 762; Adams III, lot 2399 (same dies, but earlier die state). Cabinet patina. Good VF. Very rare. Ex Album 21 (15 January 2015), lot 1161.Jahangir (1605-1628), Akbar's son and immediate successor, used the Ilahi Era to great artistic effect by issuing two series of mohurs that incorporated Ilahi Era elements. The earliest series, known as the portrait series, since the coins show the emperor on the obverse, all show the constellation Leo superimposed over the sun – a reference to Jahangir's birth in August. This series was struck within a three-year span early in Jahangir's reign and are quite rare. The second series, known as the zodiac series, since each of the twelve constellations of the Zodiac is represented on the reverse, was a much larger series. Struck both in gold and silver, the zodiac series was issued from several mints (with Agra being the primary), and like the previous series, minted over three or four years. Since the Ilahi months were solar months and corresponded with the solar ecliptic (an imaginary line in the sky that marks the annual path of the sun), each month was represented by an appropriate sign of the Zodiac, recording its particular month of issue.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1071
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AR Quarter Rupee (20mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Nisar type. Akbarabad mint. Dually dated AH 1042 and RY 5 (1633). shah/jahan/badshah/ghazi (the next Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) in five lines with floral ornament; 5 to right / zarb/Akabarabad/sanat/1042 in four lines with floral ornament. BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM (Indian edition) 240.2 (this coin illustrated). Toned. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1072
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Shihab al-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan. AH 1037-1068 / AD 1627-1658. AR Half Rupee (20mm, 5.67 g, 9h). Nisar type. Dar al-Sultanat Lahore mint. Dually dated AH 1055 and RY 19 (1647). sahib/qiran/sani (the next Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) in two lines with floral ornament; 19 above be of sahib / zarb/dar al-Sultanat/Lahore in three lines with floral ornament; 1055 in exergue. BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM 247.1. Toned, shroff marks. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1073
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Mu'azzam Bahadur Shah (Shah Alam I). AH 1119-1124 / AD 1707-1712. AV Mohur (21mm, 11.07 g, 1h). Qandahar (Deccan) mint. Dates off flan. Couplet citing Shah Alam / Mint formula. BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM –; Zeno 290983 (this coin). Lightly toned, traces of deposits, peripheral flat strike, graffiti on obverse. EF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 4 . 1074
INDIA, Mughal Empire. Farrukhsiyar. AH 1124-1131 / AD 1713-1719. AV Mohur (20mm, 10.97 g, 10h). Peshawar mint. Dually dated AH 1130 and RY 7 (11 January-28 February AD 1719). Persian couplet citing name and titles of Farrukhsiyar / Mint and RY formula. BM –; IMC (Wright) –; Hull –; KM 390.26 var. (dates); Zeno –. Lightly toned, shroff marks. EF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.