INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. Governor, AH 614-616 / AD 1217-1220. AV Fractional tanka of 40 rati (20mm, 4.61 g, 2h). Struck in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. Uncertain mint. Dated AH 614 (AD 1217/8).

Triton XXIV
Lot: 1282. Estimated: $ 7 500

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INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Bengal. Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad. Governor, AH 614-616 / AD 1217-1220. AV Fractional tanka of 40 rati (20mm, 4.61 g, 2h). Struck in the name of Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Sultan of Dehli. Uncertain mint. Dated AH 614 (AD 1217/8). Man left on horseback, holding mace; Shahada and AH date in outer margin / al-sultan al-mu’azzam/shams al-dunya wa’l din/abu’l muzaffar iltutmish al-qutbi/nasir amir al-mu’minin in four lines across field. CIS B11; cf. Rajgor Type 849 (for type). Areas of peripheral weakness, double struck. Good VF. Clear AH date. Very rare.


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