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1 Tanka - Ala al Din Husain Shah
| Issuer | Sultanate of Bengal |
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| Year | 1493-1518 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Entirely epigraphic design executed in bold Naskh-style Arabic script, struck on an irregularly shaped hammered flan. The field bears a multi-line royal titulature reading 'al-Sultan al-Adil Ala al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar', occupying the full coin face. The legends are arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, with the script displaying the characteristic bold strokes of Bengal Sultanate coinage. The coin surface shows the typical uneven strike and flan irregularities associated with hand-hammered medieval Islamic coinage of the Bengal Sultanate. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان العادل علاء الدنيا والدين ابو المظفر |
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| Reverse lettering | حسين شاه السلطان خلد سيد اشرف الحسيني خلد الله ملكه وسلطانه |
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