1 Tanka - Nasir al-Din Mahmud I ibn Iltutmish

€74,681.00
IssuerDelhi, Sultanate of
Year1246-1266
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Tanka
CurrencyTanka (1206-1526)
CompositionGold
Weight10.96 g
Dimensions26 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) C#335
Obverse description
Obverse script
Obverse letteringField within double circle al-sultan al-a‘zam / nasir al-dunya wa’l-din / abu’l-muzaffar mahmud / ibn al-sultan Margin duriba hadhihi’l-sikka bi-hadrat dihli …. in wa sittmi’a
(Translation: Field within double circle “The Supreme Sultan Defender of the World and the State, Father of Victory Mahmud son of the Sultan.”  Margin “this coin struck at Hadrat Dihli ….. and six hundred)
Reverse description
Reverse script
Reverse letteringWithin double circle pellet / fi ‘ahd al-imam / al-musta’sim amir / al-mu’minin Margin largely off flan sana arba‘ wa sittin wa sittmi’a
(Translation: Within double circle “in the time of the Imam al-Musta’sim, Commander of the Faithful”  Margin “the year four and sixty and six hundred”)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1246-1266)  - Delhi mint -
Catalog ID9840307610
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