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1 Jital - Shams al-Din Iltutmish
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1220-1224 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered flan bearing the Nagari legend 'Sri Hamirah' (श्री हमीरः) rendered in bold, deeply struck characters occupying the central field. The inscription, referencing the honorific title of the sultan, is distributed across the compact flan in a characteristic early Delhi Sultanate style, with the letterforms showing the angular, robust quality typical of billon jitals of this period. The surface displays natural die wear and patination consistent with circulation use. |
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| Obverse script | Nagari |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered flan bearing a bold Arabic legend across the central field, reading 'al-Sultan al-A'zam Shams al-Dunya wa al-Din' — 'The Supreme Sultan, Sun of the World and the Faith' — the honorific titles of Sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmish. The inscription is struck in a dense, cursive Naskh-influenced style characteristic of early Delhi Sultanate billon coinage, with the legend filling the field without a border. The flan shows the typical irregular shape and die displacement common to hammered jitals of this reign. |
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