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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8267032, member: 4910&quot;]One from Mughal India&#039;s Shah Jahan (Reign: AD 1628-1658).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_shahjahan_mohur_1045_allahabad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal Mohur, Shah Jahan, Allahabad, AH 1045 (AD 1636) Year 9</p><p>Gold, 22 mm, 10.87 gm, KM 260.3, Struck at Allahabad</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it</p><p>Square upper: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)</p><p>Square lower: Shah Jahan (King of the World)</p><p>Square top: Shahab-ud-Din (Star of the Faith)</p><p>Square right: Muhammad Sahib (Lord Muhammad)</p><p>Square bottom: Qiran-e-Sani (Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)</p><p>Square left: Zarb Allahabad (Struck at Allahabad)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it</p><p>Square upper: &quot;There is no god but Allah&quot;</p><p>Square lower: &quot;Muhammad is his messenger&quot;</p><p>Square top: Caliph Abu Bakr</p><p>Square right: Caliph Umar</p><p>Square bottom: Caliph Uthman</p><p>Square left: Caliph Ali</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The year &quot;1045&quot; is on the reverse bottom. AH 1045 is around AD 1636.</p><p>The regnal year &quot;9&quot; is on the obverse bottom.</p><p>It equates to AH 1037+9-1 or 1045.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shah Jahan called himself the &quot;Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction&quot; on some of his coins. That meant that Jupiter and Venus were close together in the sky when he was born.</p><p><br /></p><p>Allahabad is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northeast India.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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