Portrait Coin of the Emperor Jahangir

dated 1023 AH/1614 CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463

Adorned with his portrait or signs of the zodiac, the coins issued by Jahangir (r. 1605–27) are a development from the epigraphic, aniconic coins issued by most Muslim rulers. His father Akbar (r. 1556–1605) had also experimented with different imagery, including hawks and ducks

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Title: Portrait Coin of the Emperor Jahangir
Date: dated 1023 AH/1614 CE
Geography: Made in India, Ajmer
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Classification: Coins
Credit Line: Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, 1898
Object Number: 99.35.2375
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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