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India / Mughal Empire, Jahangir, AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627, Sawai rupee, AH 1019 / AD 1610-11, RY 5

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India / Mughal Empire. Jahangir, AH 1014-1037 / AD 1605-1627. Sawai rupee, AH 1019 / AD 1610-11, RY 5. Patna. KM 158.6. Zeno 77650. Silver. Diameter 23.5mm, 14.33 grams. Obverse: Poetic couplet, date. Reverse: Poetic couplet, regnal year. GVF. Very rare. Date/RY combination not in KM.

Provenance:

AH Baldwin&Sons; Auction 63, September 2009, lot 1676

Jahangir experimented with increasing the weight of the silver rupee, striking 20% heavier pieces called "jahangiri", and 25% heavier pieces called "sawai". The couplet reads:

Obverse:
sikka-e-zad dar shahre patna, khusru-e-alampanah
struck coin in the city of Patna, the chosroes, the refuge of the universe

Reverse:
shahe nooruddin jahangir, ibn akbar badshah
shah nooruddin jahangir, son of badshah akbar

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