Indian Coins
Lot 3629 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Indian Coins
Estimate $250
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TEMPLE TOKEN IN STYLE OF AKBAR MOHUR, (A.H. 963-1014, A.D.1556-1605), square Gold temple token as an imitation of the heavy mohur of akbar, (12.362 grams), style of Urdu Zafar Qarim mint, year A.H. 1000 (A.D. 1591-2), (cf.BMC 73-7, cf.Punjab Museum Cat. 124, cf.KM SAC 119.4). Full flan, otherwise good very fine, rare.
This piece is of slightly barbarous style. The genuine issues are known for both heavy and light weight mohurs, heavy weight issues are in BMC (5), Punjab Museum (1) and Lucknow Provincial Museum (2), only a light weight mohur is in the Indian Museum Calcutta. However the style is cruder and the mint ethnic is unreadable, This coinage was copied for use as temple pieces and presentation pieces, Others these were generally were generally struck in silver or base metal.
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