Lot 224

Delhi Sultan, Sher Shah Suri (AH 945-952, 1538-1545 AD), Copper Paisa, 17.70 gms, 23.70 mm, Abu Mint, AH 950, Abu can be associated with Mount Abu, a city in Rajasthan, Mount Abu is a hill station in western India’s Rajasthan state, near the Gujarat border. After Sher Shah Suri's conquest of Marwar in Battle of Giri-Sumel (The Battle of Sammel) against Maldeo Rathore, the Rajput king of Marwar, Sher Shah took possession of Jodhpur AD 1543-1544 (AH 950) and occupied the territory of Marwar from Ajmer to Mount Abu, however by July, 1545 Maldeo reoccupied his lost territories, Historically very important & collectible in the Suri coinage, G&G # D840, very fine, very rare.