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Lot No.391
AUC26
Mughals
Auction Date: 21-01-2017
Gold
Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Gold Mohur of 'square areas' type, Bandar-i Mubarak (Surat) Mint, hitherto unknown and unpublished for the type, 10.91g. Obv: Parts of the couplet Sikkazaddar Jahan chu Mihr Muneer seen in margins; Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir in the centre, within a square area. Rev: In square area, Manoos Maimanat Julus; in left and top margins, Bandar Mubarak clearly readable.
About Very Fine, Extremely Rare.
The 'square areas'-type coins were struck from Akbarabad, Shahjahanabad, Junagarh, Akbarnagar and Jahangirnagar mints. No other coin of Surat mint, particularly showing the epithet 'Bandar-i Mubarak' clearly, is known in this type. Since coins with the epithet were struck during RYs Ahd and 2 only, one can surmise this to be an early, or possibly celebratory, issue of Aurangzeb's reign.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,00,000-5,00,000
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