Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1267. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $320. 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 (10.87 g, 4h). Lakhnauti mudafat mint. Struck in the names Delhi sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmush and Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, dated AH 630 (AD 1232/3). 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 B47; Rajgor Type 829. VF, toned, small areas of flat strike. Very rare.