Lot 199
Mughal Nur Jahan Patna Mint Silver Rupee
Auction # 27 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 12000 - 15000
- Opening Bid -
- Catalog Reference #
- KM # 168.5
- Metal Composition
- Silver
- Lot Grade/Condition
- test mark on both side overall very fine
- Diameter
- 18.94 mm
- Weight
- 11.28 gms
- Denomination
- Rupee
- Calendar/Year
- AH 1033-1037, 1623-1627 AD
Mughal, Nur Jahan (AH 1033-1037, 1623-1627 AD), Silver Rupee, 11.28 gms, 18.94 mm, Patna Mint (mostly visible at bottom on rev), AH 1037, RY 22, "Sad Zewar" poetic couplet on rev, KM # 168.5, Nur Jahan’s connection to Patna comes through her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who served as the governor of Bihar with headquarters in Patna. While Nur Jahan herself didn’t reside there, Patna was the political base that helped her family rise, eventually enabling her to become a powerful Mughal empress., test mark on both side overall very fine, very rare.