CNG 90, Lot: 2255. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. Governor, AH 614-616 / AD 1217-1220. AV Tanka (21mm, 4.59 g, 12h). Struck in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. Dated AH 614 (AD 1217/8). Man left on horseback, holding mace; Shahada and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of Shams al-Din Iltutmish in five lines across field. CIS B11; cf. Rajgor type 849. VF, area of flat strike and double strike on obverse, traces of earthen deposits. Very rare.