389, Lot: 976. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. temp. Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. AH 601-602 / AD 1204-1206. AV Fractional Tanka of 20 rati (18mm, 2.26 g, 9h). In the name of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad bin Sam, Sultan of Delhi. Uncertain mint. Dated Samvat 1262 (AD 1204). Man, holding mace, left on horseback; traces of date in Nagari in outer margin / śrīmat/mahamada/sāmaḥ in Nagari; star at end of first line. CIS B3 var. (no star); Rajgor Type 104 var. (same); LOW 151; cf. CNG 73, lot 1166 (for type). Near VF, lightly toned, areas of typical flat strike. Very rare.