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1/4 Tanka - Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bengal |
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| Year | 1533 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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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. |
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| Obverse lettering | محمود شاه غياث الدنيا والدين ابو المظفر السلطان |
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| Edge | Plain |
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