411, Lot: 644. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Rukn al-Din ‘Ali Mardan. AH 606(?)-609/10 / AD 1210/11-1213. AV Fractional Tanka of 20 ratī (18mm, 2.26 g, 10h). Horseman left, holding mace(?) in raised right hand; no mint formula in field; Kalima and [AH date formula] in outer margin / Name and titles of Rukn al-Din ‘Ali Mardan in five lines. CIS B7; Rajgor Type 115; ICV 2612. VF, traces of deposits. Very rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 1128.