Lot 301

Bengal Sultan Ala Al-Din Husain Shah Silver Tanka

Auction # 22 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 1000 - 1200
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
G&G # B766A
Metal Composition
Silver
Lot Grade/Condition
very fine
Diameter
25.30 mm
Weight
9.85 gms
Denomination
Tanka
Calendar/Year
AH 899-925, 1493-1519 AD

Bengal Sultanate, Ala Al-Din Husain Shah (AH 899-925, 1493-1519 AD), Silver Tanka, 9.85 gms, 25.30 mm, Mint ? This type with its border of dots between a double circle has a mint name that looks somewhat like Khazana but seems to end in bad, there is also a waw to the left of mulkahu, The date has been read as 931 but the "1' could just as easily be an alif, part of the mint name, 931 is an unlikely date for this ruler, even as a fictitious date as these were usually early or obscure, and not posthumous, G&G # B766A, very fine, very scarce.