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# 219 / Sawai nd RY 3 Jahangir India B Mughal Empire
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# 220Sawai nd RY 4 JahangirIndia B Mughal Empire India – Mughal Empire – Jahangir (AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627). Sawai AH (1017 or 1018) RY 4. Mint: Ahmadabad, Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 14.18 g.). Edge: plain. KM 158.3. Brown –. Lane-Poole –. Whitehead 929 (date missing). Wright –. Manik n. 10, p. 31. Plant pp. 116-117. Rajgor n. v, p. 17.
Obverse: Persian legend. First part of the couplet with the Mint name (from bottom to top: Sikkah zad dar Ahmadabad az inayat Elah. = Struck money at Ahmadabad, by the blessing of God.). Richly decorated field.
Reverse: Persian legend. Last part of the couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: .Shah / Nur-ud-din Jahan / gir ibn / Akbar Badshah = .King, Light of the Faith, Jahangir, son of Akbar, Emperor). Regnal year (4) in the N of Ibn in the central line at left. Richly decorated field.
Note: Heavy Rupee (Sawai = a quarter superior), Inayat type.
Web References: http://overlordsstampandcoincollection.blogspot.com/2008_12_28_archive.html http://www.neocollect.com/coll/90/?page=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir
Literature: Brown C. J. – Catalogue of Coins in the Provincial Museum Lucknow / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. I-II, Oxford, 1920 (reprinted 1985). Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2003. Lane-Poole Stanley – The Coinage of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum – London, 1892 (reprinted 1983). Liddle, A – Coinage of Akbar / The Connaisseur's Choice – Gurgaon, India, 2005. Manik Jain – Couplets on Mughal Coins of India – Calcutta, India, 1998. Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000. Rajgor D. – Collector's Guide to Mughal Coins – University of Mumbai, India, 2002. Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Panjab Museum, Lahore / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. II, Oxford, 1914 (reprinted 1977). Wright H. N. – Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / The Mughal Emperors – Vol. III, Oxford, 1908 (reprinted 1972).