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[[Image:Triton27-1139.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG sale Triton XXVII, lot 1139]]

This specimen was lot 1139 in CNG sale Triton XXVII (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $93,750. The catalog description[1] noted, <blockquote>"[[India|INDIA]], [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur. Zodiac Type (month of Khurdad), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1029 and RY 15 (22 May-21 June AD 1620). Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna (Gemini the Twins): pair of nude twins embracing, right twin raising left leg slightly; 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; partial AH and RY dates to left. Light orange toning. In NGC encapsulation 6866428-001, graded XF 45. Bold detail to twins. One of the rarest and most desirable types in the Zodiac series.

Before this, the rule of the coinage was that on the face of the metal they stamped my name, and on the reverse the name of the place and the year of the reign. At this time it entered my mind that in place of the month they should substitute the figure of the constellation which belonged to that month...in each month that was struck, the figure of the constellation was to be on one face, as if the sun was emerging from it.--''The Memoirs of Jahangir [Tuzk-e Jahangiri]'' (Entry for 20 March 1619)

It was the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605) who established the Din-e Ilahi (literally, ‘Faith of God’), a syncretic belief system that incorporated elements of the different faiths in his empire. From the twenty-ninth year of his reign, Akbar began to use a new system of dating called the Ilahi Era, based on a solar, rather than lunar, calendar with the year divided into twelve Ilahi months. Jahangir (1605-1628), Akbar's son and immediate successor, continued to use the Ilahi Era, and struck coins which featured designs appropriate to this new system of dating. These include his celebrated Zodiac series, bearing representations of each of the twelve constellations of the Zodiac on the reverse. 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."</blockquote> Jahangir scandalized the strict Muslims of his court by issuing this series of mohurs featuring the twelve animals of the zodiac. Always rare, they bring stratospheric prices when they appear at auction. Unusually, this auction also included a Taurus mohur ([[Mughal Empire AH 1030/16 mohur Fr-763|Fr-763]]).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 10.8-10.9 g, gold, this specimen 20 mm diameter, 10.82 g, 6 h axis.

''Catalog reference:'' Liddle Type G-83; BM 330; IMC (Wright) 575; Adams III, lot 2401 (same dies, but later die state); Hull 1385 and 1387; KM 180.6; Friedberg 764.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* [1]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, ''Triton XXVII'', Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Mughal Empire AH 1015/2 mohur Fr-753|AH 1015/2 (1607) square mohur, Lahore mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1023/9 mohur Fr-760|AH 1023/9 (1614) portrait mohur]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 1031/16 rupee KM-145.15|AH 1031/16 rupee, Surat Mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH 1030/16 mohur Fr-763|AH 1030/16 (1621) mohur, zodiac series, Taurus, Agra mint]]
* [[Mughal Empire AH1031/16 mohur Fr-776|AH 1031/16 mohur, Patna mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1621]]

[[Category:Selections from CNG sale Triton XXVII]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]

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 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1029/14 rupee KM-149.14|AH 1029/14 rupee, Lahore Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1029/15 rupee KM-149.4|AH 1029/15 rupee, Ahmadabad Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1031/16 rupee KM-145.15|AH 1031/16 rupee, Surat Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH1031/16 mohur Fr-776|AH 1031/16 mohur, Patna mint]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1620]]
 [[Category:Selections from CNG sale Triton XXVII]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]

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 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1027/13 1/2 rupee|AH 1027/13 (1618) half rupee, zodiac series, Cancer, Ahmadabad mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1029/14 rupee KM-149.14|AH 1029/14 rupee, Lahore Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1031/16 rupee KM-145.15|AH 1031/16 rupee, Surat Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1030/16 mohur Fr-763|AH 1030/16 (1621) mohur, zodiac series, Taurus, Agra mint]]

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 [[Image:Triton27-1139.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG sale Triton XXVII, lot 1139]]
-This specimen was lot 1139 in CNG sale Triton XXVII (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $93,750. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[India|INDIA]], [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur. Zodiac Type (month of Khurdad), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1029 and RY 15 (22 May-21 June AD 1620). Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna (Gemini the Twins): pair of nude twins embracing, right twin raising left leg slightly; 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; partial AH and RY dates to left. Light orange toning. In NGC encapsulation 6866428-001, graded XF 45. Bold detail to twins. One of the rarest and most desirable types in the Zodiac series.
+This specimen was lot 1139 in CNG sale Triton XXVII (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $91,875. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[India|INDIA]], [[India, Mughal Empire|Mughal Empire]]. Nur al-Din Muhammad Jahangir. AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. AV Mohur. Zodiac Type (month of Khurdad), Class A. Agra mint. Dually dated AH 1029 and RY 15 (22 May-21 June AD 1620). Constellation of Dopatkar/Mithuna (Gemini the Twins): pair of nude twins embracing, right twin raising left leg slightly; 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; partial AH and RY dates to left. Light orange toning. In NGC encapsulation 6866428-001, graded XF 45. Bold detail to twins. One of the rarest and most desirable types in the Zodiac series.
 <p>Before this, the rule of the coinage was that on the face of the metal they stamped my name, and on the reverse the name of the place and the year of the reign. At this time it entered my mind that in place of the month they should substitute the figure of the constellation which belonged to that month...in each month that was struck, the figure of the constellation was to be on one face, as if the sun was emerging from it.--''The Memoirs of Jahangir [Tuzk-e Jahangiri]'' (Entry for 20 March 1619)

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 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1015/2 mohur Fr-753|AH 1015/2 (1607) square mohur, Lahore mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH1023/9 mohur Fr-760|AH 1023/9 (1614) portrait mohur]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1031/16 rupee KM-145.15|AH 1031/16 rupee, Surat Mint]]
 * [[Mughal Empire AH 1030/16 mohur Fr-763|AH 1030/16 (1621) mohur, zodiac series, Taurus, Agra mint]]