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1/2 tanka - Nasir Al-Din Mahmud Shah I
| Issuer | Gujarat Sultanate Mint |
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| Year | 1458-1511 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1396-1583) |
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| Obverse description | Arabic inscription in Naskh script occupying the central field, reading the royal epithet 'Nasir' (Helper/Protector), presented without a regnal date in accordance with the undated coinage conventions of the Gujarat Sultanate. The legend is contained within an unbordered field on the irregularly shaped flan, typical of hammered coinage of the period. The lettering is bold and angular, characteristic of the epigraphic style employed under Mahmud Shah I. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Arabic inscription in Naskh script filling the central field, bearing the royal name and title 'Mahmud Shah', identifying the issuing sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah I of the Gujarat Sultanate. The bold calligraphic legend is arranged across the flan in a manner consistent with the hammered coinage tradition of the Sultanate, with the characters exhibiting the characteristically dense, overlapping style seen on Gujarat silver issues of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. |
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