Unidentified Akbar Dam

[rja]

Can someone help me with the mint?

[asm]

Did you see this? Is it the first time ever that I've seen such a symbol on Akbar Dams.

Amit

[akona20]

Umm rather early for that and two it is a flower of some sort, perhaps someone could lighten the image for me.

[asm]

Umm rather early for that and two it is a flower of some sort,

To me it sure looks like a Katar.........

perhaps someone could lighten the image for me.

Done.........

Amit

[asm]

rja,

Can you post larger, higher resolution pictures by embedding them? This coin sure is interesting. If you are unable to do so, just PM me and I will give you my email id. If you send the image to me, I will gladly do that.

Amit

[akona20]

Oh dear Amit we know about these discussions. No closed circle so therefore I must doubt it.

[asm]

Dear Arthur,

This is what I see...........

Amit

[Figleaf]

FWIW, I see the katar. Doesn't look like a counterstamp.

Peter

[akona20]

I see something, but I see no Khatar. Even a fairly recently written paper on the so called evolution of the Khatar to try to prove something else did not have anything like this drawn to show anything.

[Oesho]

It's definitely a katar, which is depicted on the reverse of this Dam.

[akona20]

Okay given the date let's discuss the significance.

[rja]

Here are some additional pictures.

[saro]

I join asm : I have never seen such a dam...may be the weight could be of some help : +/- 20g ?
if reverse could be read as "fi sanah nuhsad wa (ha)shtad ?" (98x), the obverse seems (to me) without any signification with a curious script..
I wonder if a mirror image of this obverse doesn't give in center a word which looks like a degenerated word "falu(s)" ?

just a suggestion, as I am sure of nothing...

[Figleaf]

I wonder if a mirror image of this obverse doesn't give in center a word which looks like a degenerated word "falu(s)" ?

just a suggestion, as I am sure of nothing...

If so, that would be an important hint. Amateur die cutters' most occurring mistake is forgetting to work in mirror image, which of course results in a mirror image on the coin. This is not the sort of error I have seen on mughal coins, except in dates and regnal years, typically the job of an apprentice die cutter.

Peter

[rja]

The weight is 19.2 grams.