Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1266. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Malik Saif al-Din Aibak. AH 627-631/AD 1230-1233. AR Tanka (10.88 g, 5h). Lakhnauti mudafat mint. Struck in the names Delhi sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmush and Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1). Shahada and name and titles of Abbasid caliph across field; bismillah, mint formula, and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of Delhi sultan; “al-mu’azzam” in legend; “billa” in upper margin. CIS B44; Rajgor -. VF, toned, small areas of flat strike. Very rare.