Lot

Delhi Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq Takhtgah Dehli Mint Copper Tanka or Forced Currency

Auction # 26 Lucknow (Online)


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Catalog Reference #
G&G # D403
Metal Composition
Copper
Lot Grade/Condition
fine
Diameter
21.24 mm
Weight
9.31 gms
Denomination
Tanka or Forced Currency
Calendar/Year
AH 725-752, 1325-1351 AD

Delhi Sultan, Muhammad Bin Tughluq (AH 725-752, 1325-1351 AD), Copper Tanka or Forced Currency, 9.31 gms, 21.24 mm, Takhtgah Dehli Mint (fully visible in the outer margin from 11 to 7'o clock reading it counter clockwise on the obv), Obv: mohur shod tankah ra'ij dar rozgar banda amidwar Muhammad tughluq - "sealed as a tanka current in the reign of the slave, hopeful (of grace) Muhammad Tughluq", Rev: man ata'a al Sultan fa qad ata al rahman - "he who obeyed the sultan, obeyed the merciful one", G&G # D403, very fine, scarce.