Lot 376

Mughal Jahangir Lahore Mint Ta Falak Couplet Silver Sawai (Heavy) Rupee

Auction # 17 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 18000 - 20000
  • Unsold
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
KM # 158.5
Metal Composition
Silver
Lot Grade/Condition
fine
Diameter
23.23 mm
Weight
13.70 gms
Denomination
Sawai (Heavy) Rupee
Calendar/Year
AH 1014-1037, 1605-1627 AD

Mughal, Jahangir (AH 1014-1037, 1605-1627 AD), Silver Sawai (Heavy) Rupee, 25% over weight hence known as ’Sawai’ Rupee, 13.70 gms, 23.23 mm, Lahore Mint, AH 1019, RY 5, "Ta Falak" Couplet, reads as ’Badhar Bad Rawaan Ta Falak, Buwad Dar Daur Baname Shah Jahangir, Sikka-i-Lahore’ that is “In the world so long the heavens revolve may current be in the name of Shah Jahangir, the money of Lahore”, KM # 158.5, fine, very rare.