Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1614. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad, in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. 1217-1220. AV 40 Rati (4.59 gm, 12h). No mint. Dated AH 614 (1217/18 AD). Horseman riding left, holding up-raised mace; date in Persian script around / Persian legend citing Iltutmish. CIS B11; Rajgor 849; Mitchiner, Land of Water 156; MWI -. VF, partial flat strike. Very rare. ($5000)

'Iwad was governor of Bengal under Iltutmish, but in 1220 declared himself an independent sultan. Iltutmish invaded Bengal and in 1225 forced 'Iwad's submission, but the issue was not really resolved until 'Iwad's death in 1227.