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1/4 Tanka - Anonymous Gwalior
| Issuer | Tomara Dynasty of Gwalior |
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| Year | 1394-1523 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered design featuring a stylized deity or bull figure in low relief, rendered in a highly schematic and abstract manner characteristic of late medieval Indian billon coinage. The design elements are boldly struck but irregularly distributed across the irregularly shaped flan. The field shows the rough, uneven surface typical of billon quarter tankas struck under the Tomara rulers of Gwalior. |
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| Mint | Gwalior |
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The Tomara rulers of Gwalior occupied an awkward position between the declining Delhi Sultanate and the rising power of the Lodi Afghans, issuing anonymous billon fractions that circulated without attribution to any individual sultan — a deliberate hedge, perhaps, against the political instability that ultimately ended with Vikramaditya Singh's defeat by Ibrahim Lodi in 1518.