Lot 269
Delhi Sultan Ala-al-din Muhammad Shah Hazrat Dehli Mint Silver Tanka
Auction # 26 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 3000 - 3500
- Opening Bid -
- Catalog Reference #
- G&G # D226
- Metal Composition
- Silver
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 26.36 mm
- Weight
- 10.91 gms
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Calendar/Year
- AH 695-715, 1296-1316 AD
Delhi Sultan, Ala-al-din Muhammad Shah (AH 695-715, 1296-1316 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.91 gms, 26.36 mm, Hazrat Dehli Mint (fully visible in the outer margin from 8 to 6'o clock reading it counter clockwise on the rev), The legends on the coins of Ala-al-din Muhammad Khalji continue to quote the ruler's titles on the tankas which reads as ; Obv: al-sultan al-a'zam 'ala' al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar muhammad shäh al-sultän, Reverse: with Muhammad alling himself sikandar al-thāni - the second Alexander yamin al-khilafa - the right hand of the Caliphate āsir amir al-mú' minin - helper of the Commander of the faithful, G&G # D226, very fine, scarce.