Zodiacal Coins. A luime given to a set of twelve Mohurs and Rupees, struck by Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan (1605-1627), at Agrali, Ahmadaltad, and Lahore from A.H. 1019 to A.H. 1035. The obverse
of each of these coins bears one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the reverse has a Persian inscription, frequently indicating the place of issue.
For a detailed account of these pieces see the contributions by .J. Gibbs, in the Journal of the Bomhay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1878, and Howland Wood, in the American Journal of Numismatics, 1909.
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