Lot 140
Bengal Sultan Ghiyath al-din Iwad Mintless type coin struck in the name of Shams al-din Iltutmish Sultan of Delhi Silver Tanka
Auction # 25 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 28000 - 30000
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- Catalog Reference #
- G&G # B39
- Metal Composition
- Silver
- Lot Grade/Condition
- coin is clipped at 1 place, overall very fine+
- Diameter
- 30.78 mm
- Weight
- 10.48 gms
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Calendar/Year
- second series AH 622, 1225 AD
Bengal Sultanate, Ghiyath al-din Iwad (second series AH 622, 1225 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.48 gms, 30.78 mm, Mintless type, coin struck in the name of Shams al-din Iltutmish Sultan of Delhi, shahada and caliph al-nasir on rev. even though iltutmish was the sultan was delhi, and was overlord of Iwad, how ever iwad has mentioned the title as sultani, which is a diminutive & indicated iltutmish was a former slave of Qutb al-Din Aibak, and iwad was noble by birth, G&G # B39, coin is clipped at 1 place, overall very fine+, very rare.