Lot 95

Bengal Sultan Sikandar Bin Ilyas Firuzabad Mint Silver Tanka

Auction # 3 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 1500 - 2000
  • Price Realised -
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Catalog Reference #
G&G # B193
Metal Composition
Silver
Lot Grade/Condition
Fine+
Diameter
27.85 mm
Weight
10.67 gms
Denomination
Tanka
Calendar/Year
AH 758-792, 1357-1389 AD

Bengal Sultanate, Sikandar Bin Ilyas (AH 758-792, 1357-1389 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.67 gms, 27.85 mm, Firuzabad Mint, The obverse of the coin reads. ‘al-Wathiq bi-tayid al-rahman Abu ‘l Mujahid sikandar shah bin ilyas shah al-sultan’

“الواتق بتائید الرحمن ابو المجاھد سکندر شاہ ابن الیاس شاہ السلطان”

The reverse of the coin reads. ‘yamin khalifat allah (nasir) amir al-mu’minin ghawth al-islam wa’l muslimin khallada khilafatahu’

“یمین خلیفۃ اللہ ناصر امیر المؤمنین غوث الا سلام و المسلمین خلد خلیفتہ”

G&G # B193, Fine+, Scarce.