Lot 152
Bahamani Sultan Muhammad Shah I Ahsanabad Mint Gold Tanka
Auction # 27 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 160000 - 180000
- Opening Bid -
- Catalog Reference #
- G&G # BH26
- Metal Composition
- Gold
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 21.73 mm
- Weight
- 10.88 gms
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Calendar/Year
- AH 760-777, 1359-1375 AD
Bahamani Sultanate, Muhammad Shah I (AH 760-777, 1359-1375 AD), Gold Tanka, 10.88 gms, 21.73 mm, Ahsanabad Mint, AH 772, unlisted date in G&G, obv. sultan al ahd wa'l zaman abu'l muzaffar, rev. muhammad shah al sultan ibn al sultan, Muhammad Shah I (r. 1358–1375 CE) was the second ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate, who strengthened the kingdom through military campaigns against the Vijayanagara Empire, notably winning the Battle of Mudgal (1365), and helped consolidate Bahmani power in the Deccan before being succeeded by Mujahid Shah, G&G # BH26, very fine, very rare.