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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3577855, member: 10461&quot;]Interesting!&nbsp; It <i>does</i> look like some of those Sigismund III Polish coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir" rel="nofollow">Is this the Jahangir referred to?</a>&nbsp; He&#039;s also from the 17th century, albeit a bit later.</p><p><br /></p><p>There must be some explanation- some European trading post in that part of India, perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is beyond the scope of my knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- I can&#039;t make out the Latin text.&nbsp; It does seem to at least partially resemble the inscription on <a href="https://coinweek.com/world-coins/world-gold-coins-2/world-coins-history-netherlands-gold-ducat-began/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/world-coins/world-gold-coins-2/world-coins-history-netherlands-gold-ducat-began/" rel="nofollow">Netherlands ducats</a>, though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] knows a thing or two about ducats, though I don&#039;t know if he&#039;ll be able to shed any light on this Indian coin or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=80148]@coin_nut[/USER] knows a thing or two about Dutch East India Company coins, so I&#039;ll tag him as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting hybrid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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