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Mughals: Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), silver rupee, Arkat mint, 11.26g.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Mughal Empire Start Price:NA Estimated At:30,000.00 - 40,000.00 INR
Mughals: Muhammad Shah (1719-1748 AD), silver rupee, Arkat mint, 11.26g.
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Jahangir (1605-1627 AD), silver rupee, Elichpur mint, AH 1015, (mint-name off flan but discernible by the 'bird' designs on both sides), KM 141.5, 11.43g.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

The birds on both sides of this coin are locked in 'hunt' in terms of design context. The falcon on the obverse swoops, with his wings close to his body to prey on the quail, shown cowering among the letters on the reverse. The spread-out talons of the falcon, ready to grasp the quail, are very clearly shown under his belly. The design might have had a connotation with Mughal campaigns against the Nizam Shahi Sultanate.