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1904.] Numismatic Supplement. 
[May the coin of the camp of Jahangir Shah remain current as 
long as the sun and moon exist.] 
This interesting coin which was found by me in Dehli in October 
1902, stands by itself in almost every particular. The most recent 
publication on the zodiacal coins of Jahangir is Monsieur Drouin’s 
article in the “Revue Numismatique” in 1902 (p. 259), in which are 
described the zodiacal coins in the French “ Cabinet des Medailles.” 
The British Museum Catalogue contains an account of the 43 gold 
specimens in that Museum and Mr. J. S. Gibbs had a valuable paper 
entitled “ Notes on the zodiacal Rupees and Mohars of Jahangir ” in the 
Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1878. These 
are the most important publications of recent date bearing on the sub¬ 
ject, and in none of them is any reference made to a coin resembling 
the one now described. 
Hitherto the only names of mints noticed on the zodiacal coins 
of Jahangir have been— 
On gold coins: Agra, Lahore, 1 Ajmir, 2 Ahmadabad, 3 Fathpur 
Sikri. 4 * 
On silver coins: Ahmadabad, Agra (from gold die), Kashmir, 
Fathpur Sikri. 6 
The present coin must have been struck in the camp (Urdu) 
of Jahangir, and is so far the only coin known to have been so struck 
by that king. Coins struck bj Akbar in his “Urdu” or “Urdu-i-Zafar- 
qarin ” are met with. The sign of the Ram shews that my coin was 
struck in the first ■ month (Farwardin), possibly on the Nauroz, of 
Jahangir’s 22nd year, corresponding to the seventh month (Rajab) of 
1036 A. H. or March 1627 A. D. Where Jahangir actually was at that 
time I have not been able to ascertain with any exactitude. In the sixth 
month of his 21st year he left Kabul for Hindustan (Elliot and Dowson, 
Vol. VI, p. 429). He went to Lahore (idem p. 431), and in his 22nd 
year appears to have gone to Kashmir (idem p. 435). He died 8 months 
later (28 Safar 1037 A.H.) on his way back to Lahore. Probably he 
was on his way from Lahore to Kashmir when the present coin was 
issued. 
Further, no other zodiacal coin is known of so late date. The 
latest specimen in the British Museum is dated 1033. M. Drouin, 
1 M. Drouin describes and figures a Sagittarius struck at Lahore in the name of 
Nurjahan. 
2 Gibbs A.S.B. Prog. 1883. 
3 B.M.C. No. 357 and Drouin (p. 9 of paper). 
4 See Gibbs, J.A.S. Bom: 1878 ; the coins belonged to Col. Guthrie. 
6 White King and Yost, Nura. Chron : 1896, Yol XYI, p 155. 
