CNG 85, Lot: 1364. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Anonymous issue. AR Tanka (29mm, 10.69 g, 10h). Unnamed (Lakhnauti) mint. Struck under Tamar Khan Qiran, governor, AH 641-644 (AD 1243-1246). Kalima in two lines across field in double linear quadrate frame; floral ornament in outer void / “fi ‘ahd” legend with name and titles of Abbasid caliph, al-Mustansir in three lines across field in double linear quadrate frame; partial mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. CIS B65. VF, typical areas of flat strike.

These anonymous Tankas were struck AH 641-644, during the governorship of Tamar Khan Qiran. Only a couple of specimens are known with part of the date visible in the margin.