Lot No.449
AUC47
Mughals
Silver
Jahangir, Silver Sawai Rupee, 14.22g (25% overweight), 24mm, Lahore Mint, AH 1020/6 RY, Month 'Farwardin' (Aries), 'Rashk-e-Mahe Anwar' Couplet, Obv: ze noor sikka-e-Shah Jahangir ibn Shah Akbar within a double framed square enclosing dots, Rev: ba Farwardin zar-e-Lahore shud rashk-e-mahe anwar within a double framed square enclosing dots. A.Liddle Type S-134, Very Fine, Extremely Rare.
Jahangir used a different Poetic couplet for each month, 'Rashk-e-Mahe Anwar' couplet means in farwardin the money of Lahore became an object of envy to the shining moon through the light of the coin of Shah Jahangir, son of Shah Akbar.
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