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1 Jital - Shams al-Din Iltutmish
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1210-1235 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1206-1526) |
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| Obverse description | Struck in the bull-and-horseman tradition inherited from the Chahamana coinage, the obverse displays a stylised equestrian figure occupying the right portion of the field, rendered in a schematic, flat-relief style characteristic of early Delhi Sultanate hammered billon jitals. To the left, a reclining humped bull (Nandi) is depicted in profile. The composition fills the irregular flan entirely, with Nagari legends distributed around or between the principal devices. The overall workmanship reflects the transitional numismatic idiom of the early thirteenth century, blending pre-Islamic Rajput iconographic conventions with sultanate monetary practice. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in angular, boldly struck script occupying the majority of the flan, reading the royal titulature of Sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmish. The legend is set within the field without a formal border, consistent with hammered coinage of the early Delhi Sultanate period. The lower portion of the flan shows additional Arabic text in a smaller register. The die workmanship is vigorous though irregular, producing slight doubling and flan weakness at the margins typical of this denomination and reign. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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