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Lot No.247
AUC48
Mughals
Auction Date: 12-04-2025
Gold
Akbar (1556-1605 AD), gold ilahi type heavy mohur, mintless type, bears a countermarked number '30' on the obverse, 11.98g. Obv: Arabic inscription Jalla Jalalahu in an ornate border of double square and wavy lines, with 30 countermarked at bottom. Rev: Arabic inscription Allahu Akbar in a similar border.
Two test marks on edge, Ex-mount and repaired, Extremely fine, Very rare.
This is perhaps the earliest Ilahi type Gold Mohur of Akbar and the countermarked year '30' is the earliest reference to the Ilahi reckoning system which subsequently became a major feature of Akbar's coinage. Akbar promulgated the Ilahi Era in AH 992/1584 AD. It was reckoned from Akbar's accession in AH 963/1556 AD, so '30' would correspond to the year in which the era was launched. An 'Ilahi' year began at the Vernal Equinox every year, with the celebration of the Iranian festival of Nowruz. The calendar had twelve Persian months and was devised by Fathullah Shirazi, a Persian/Indian polymath.
Ex-Marudhar Arts Auction 23 (2018), Lot no. 194 sold at hammer Rs 20,00,000.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 10,00,000-12,00,000
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