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# 223Rupee AH 1021 RY 8 JahangirIndia B Mughal Empire
India – Mughal Empire – Jahangir (AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627). Rupee AH (1)022 RY 8, Persian month: Ardibihisht ( = Taurus, the 2nd month of the zodiac). Mint: Akbarnagar, Silver (ø 21 mm – w. 11.37 g.). Edge: plain. KM 145.4. Brown 1288-9 (month: Isfandarmuz). Lane-Poole –. Whitehead –. Wright –. Plant pp. 116-117. Rajgor n. vi, pp. 17-18. Rare.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Ruler's name and title (from bottom to top: Nur-ud-din / Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah = Light of the Faith, Jahangir, King, (son of) Akbar, King). Decorative border.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and date with the Ilahi month and the regnal year within octagon (from bottom to top: zarb Akbarnagar [1]022 / Ilahi mah Ardibihisht / 8 = struck at Akbarnagar, (in the year) 1022, (in the) Divine month of Ardibihisht, (regnal year) 8). Decorative border.

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).
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).