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Sulṭāns of Bengal – Sikandar bin Ilyās (AH 758-792, AD 1357-1389), Fractional Tankas – Fīrūzābād Mint

Originally assigned the mint name iqlīm Mu’aẕẕamābād but the only specimen seen with a mint name is from Fīrūzābād so now re-assigned to this latter mint.

	شاه سكندر إبن إلياس شاه		السل طان
The legend in a circle: sikandar shāh ibn ilyās shāh al-sulṭān (= Sikandar Shāh, son of Ilyās Shāh the Sulṭān).		The legend in a circle: al-sulṭān. Mint and date in margin but rarely visible.

Actual Weight (g)

5.3

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

GG	Photo Link	Denomination	AH	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
B202	√ 3031.	Half Tanka	771?	ONSNL, Ste, SG, BombA	R 203. Mint only visible on one specimen examined see ONSNL 170, 2002. Extremely rare with mint visible.	R