INDIA, Mughal Empire. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur (21.5mm, 10.74 g, 12h). Zodiac Type (month of Ardibihisht), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1030 and RY 16 (22 April-21 May AD 1621). Constellation of Tora/Vrishabha (Taurus the Bull): zebu standing right; radiate sun behind / 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; RY and AH dates to left. Liddle Type G-78 (same dies as illustration); BM 327-8; IMC (Wright) 572-3; Adams III, lot 2400 (same obv. die); Hull 1383; KM 180.5; Friedberg 763. Lightly toned, traces of deposits in devices, evidence of having been mounted. VF. Ex Spink USA 355 (19 January 2020), lot 264; Album FPL 160 (April 2000), no. 41.
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