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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.

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