273, Lot: 539. Estimate $500.
Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Delhi. Sher Shah. AH 945-952 / AD 1538-1545. AV Tanka (18mm, 10.80 g, 12h). Kalpi mint. CIS -; Friedberg 500. VF. Rare.
Many of the known gold coins of the Suri rulers of Delhi were struck for religious purposes, making them the earliest of the Indian temple tokens.
