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1/4 Tanka - Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud

Issuer Sultanate of Bengal
Year 1533
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Hammered silver flan bearing Arabic script arranged in two registers. A central circular cartouche encloses a bold, stylised rendering of the sultan's name in cursive Naskh script. The surrounding field carries the royal titulature of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud Shah, reading 'Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar al-Sultan', disposed around the inner circle in a continuous legend. The die-struck lettering is raised in high relief against a flat, lightly oxidised field, characteristic of Bengal Sultanate hammered coinage of the early sixteenth century.
Obverse script Arabic
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Reverse description Reverse of hammered silver flan struck with the Islamic profession of faith (Kalima) in Arabic script. A central circular cartouche encloses the Shahada in two lines: 'La ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah'. The surrounding marginal legend carries the regnal year in Arabic numerals, reading 'Sana 939' (AH 939, corresponding to AD 1533). The lettering is boldly struck in raised relief, with characteristic die wear and flan irregularity consistent with Bengal Sultanate hand-hammered production.
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