Jahangir, Silver Square Rupee, 10.84g, Nominative type, Agra Mint, with decorative borders

Jahangir, Silver Square Rupee, 10.84g, Nominative type, Agra Mint, with decorative borders and without Ilahi Month, AH 1020/ RY 6. Tiny dent on obverse otherwise very fine, exceedingly rare. Jahangir showed an intimate affinity towards his coinage, experimenting with great interest with typology, design, weight standards and other visual and circulatory innovations. Soon after his ascent to the throne, he revised the weights of his coins upwards, first by 20% and then by 25%. A series of extremely attractive coins followed from principle mints in the Empire, like Agra and Lahore. For silver ru

Sold for ₹3,25,000

Auction: Auction #107 · Oswal Antiques · 2025-04-27 · Estimate: ₹ 150000 - ₹ 200000

Category: Mughals : Jahangir

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