Lot 440

Mughal Jahangir Lahore Mint Silver Sawai Heavy Rupee

Auction # 11 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 40000 - 50000
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
KM # 158.5
Metal Composition
Silver
Lot Grade/Condition
NGC Graded # AU 53
Weight
14.18 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, 14.18 gms, 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, NGC Graded # AU 53, very rare.