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1 Mohur - Jahangir Sagittarius - Agra mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1620-1625 |
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| Weight | 10.9 g |
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| Obverse script | Persian (Nastaliq) |
| Obverse lettering | زر زیور دار آگره روی یافت از جهانگیر شاه اکبر شاه (Translation: Received ornament on gold at Agra from Jahangir Shah [son of] Akbar Shah) |
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Jahangir's zodiac mohurs rank among the most deliberate artistic statements in Mughal coinage. Produced at his direct order beginning around 1618, the series cycles through all twelve zodiac signs — an unusual appropriation of Hellenistic astronomical symbolism by a Sunni emperor, and one that drew quiet disapproval from orthodox courtiers. The Agra mint was the principal facility handling these issues, though examples from Lahore exist and command separate attribution.
Sagittarius falls among the more obtainable signs in the series, but survivorship across all twelve remains uneven. Jahangir documented his own obsessive interest in coin design in the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, making him nearly unique among Mughal rulers as a source for understanding his own mint policy.