413, Lot: 653. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. Governor, AH 614-616 / AD 1217-1220. AR Tanka (26mm, 10.10 g, 12h). Struck in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. Uncertain mint. Dated AH 614 or 616 (AD 1217/8 or 1219/20). Man left on horseback, holding mace; Shahada and [AH date] in outer margin / al-sultan al-mu’azzamshams al-dunya wa’l dinabu’l muzaffar iltutmish al-qutbi nasir amir al-mu’minin in five lines across field. Cf. CIS B16 and B19 (for type); cf. Rajgor Type 845 (same). VF, reddish deposits.

From the Norman Frank Collection.