India, Mughal India, 1587-1588 AD., Akbar the Great, Ajmer mint, Dam, Zeno 119846 and 151704,
India, Mughal India, Jalal al-din Muhammad Akbar (AH 963-1014 / 1556-1605 AD.) - or Akbar the Great, Ajmer mint, dated AH 996 (= 1587-88 AD.),
Dam? (ø 19-20 mm / 20,00 g / 8 mm high), copper, axis (as pictured) about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 20°),
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Zeno 119846 and 151704 .
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Ajmer is in the northwest of India and is surrounded by the Aravali Mountains. It is situated on the lower slopes of the Taragarh Hill of that range. To the northwest is the Nagapathar Range of the Aravali Mountain Ranges which protects it from desertification from the Thar Desert. Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan.
The city was established as "Ajayameru"(Translated as 'Invincible Hills') by a Shakambhari Chahamana (Chauhan) ruler, either Ajayaraja I or Ajayaraja II, and served as the Chahamana capital until the 12th century AD.