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Gold Coin
Unknown1048 AH
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
Kuwait, Kuwait
One large gold coin equivalent to one hundred Mohurs. Minted for Shah Jahan, dated 1048 AH. Both sides show epigraphic decoration each with a centre panel within an outlined beaded border surrounded by four grandiloquent distichs (a unit of verse containing two lines) each contained within a shaped cartouche and with numerous different rosettes in the field. The coin is not precisely circular, with a diameter measuring 9.80 cm. The relief work on the outer borders on both the obverse and reverse are worn, while the central square retains its original brilliance.
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Details
- Title: Gold Coin
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1048 AH
- Inscription: obverse: In the central square: 'Shihab al-din Muhammad/ Second Lord of the Conjunction Shah Jihan/ Padshah Ghazi, twelfth regnal year.' In the top margin: 'When Shah Jihan/ became Ruler of the World' In the left margin: 'In generosity he gave away/ treasures in a single moment' In the right margin: 'So that he could bestow/ a hundred muhurs instead of one' In the bottom margin: 'He commanded a hundred muhurs/ to be made into one muhur'
- Decoration: Inscribed with epigraphy.
- Type: Cast
- Rights: al Sabah Collection
- Medium: Gold
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