India - Mughal Empire. MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV mohur (10.94g), Agra, AH1021 year 7, KM-176.1, month of Shahrewar; obverse imperial legend within ornate cartouche, reverse with mint, date, and month within lobated square; mount removed (visible on the edge, barely noticeable on the surface), but this is a fully preserved beautiful gold mohur! PCGS graded XF details, RRR.
Gold mohurs of a distinctive style were struck only at Agra and only from AH1020-1027, always with a month included on the reverse. The mohurs included obverse & reverse borders that were redesigned every month, with 12 different arrangements issued every year. The great rarity of these mohurs is intensified by the fact that each style would last only one month.
For AH1021, the British Museum catalog lists only the months of Di and Mehr, and on CoinArchives appear the months of Farwardin and Khurdad. This piece would be the fifth month we have noted, though it is likely that AH1021 mohurs of every month were struck.
