Lot 272

Mughal, Jahangir (AH 1014-1037, 1605-1627 AD), Silver Sawai Rupee (25% Heavy weight) (Sawai = One and a quarter), 14.26 gms, 23.74 mm, Lahore Mint (fully visible at top on rev at 6'o clock), AH 1019, RY 5, Ilahi Month Bahman (Aquarius), “Bahman  Mah-i-Anwar” Couplet, (with a new rhyming couplet for each month), The couplet 

                                                                                                                 “زر لاهور شد چون مه انور در بهمن ماه

                                                                                                                 بدور شاه نور الدین جهانگیر ابن اکبر شاه“

reads as ’Zar-i-Lahore shud chun mah-i-anwar dar Bahman maah ba-Daur-i-Shah Nur al-Din Jahangir ibn-i-Akbar Shah’ that is ”The money of Lahore became like the resplendent full Moon in the month of Bahman, during the epoch of Shah Nooruddin Jahangir, the son of Shah Akbar” with nice decorative border, Jahangir experimented with increasing the weight of the silver rupee, striking 20% heavier pieces called “jahangiri”, and 25% heavier pieces called "sawai” The Sawai standard was abolished on the 11th of Ardibihisht AH-1020, KM # 159.1, Similar to Zeno # 146155, extra fine, very collectible & extremely rare.