Lot 154
Delhi Sultan Ghiyath Al-Din Tughluq Shah Hadrat Delhi Mint Silver Tanka
Auction # 18 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 2500 - 3000
- Price Realised -
-
Auction Completed!
- Catalog Reference #
- NW # 434-439, R # 1083, G&G # D306
- Metal Composition
- Silver
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 26.66 mm
- Weight
- 10.96 gms
- Denomination
- Tanka
- Calendar/Year
- AH 720-725, 1320-1325 AD
Delhi Sultan, Ghiyath Al-Din Tughluq Shah (AH 720-725, 1320-1325 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.96 gms, 26.66 mm, Hadrat Delhi Mint (visible at 7 o'clock in outer margin on rev), Tughluq struck silver tankas at Dar al-Islam, Delhi and Deogir with the same legend, and then, after the conquest of Tilangana, tankas in the both metals with a differnt legend and the mint-name Mulk-i-Tilang, Legends, al-sultan al-ghazi legend, used at Dar al-Islam, Delhi and Deogir, obverse, "al-sultan al-ghazi ghiyath al-dunya wa'l din'l muzaffar", Reverse, "tugluq shah al-sultan nasir amir al-mu'minin", NW # 434-439, R # 1083, G&G # D306, very fine, rare.