1 Tanka - Nasir al-Din Mahmud I ibn Iltutmish

Issuer Delhi, Sultanate of
Year 1246-1266
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Tanka
Currency Tanka (1206-1526)
Composition Gold
Weight 10.96 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) C#335
Obverse description
Obverse script
Obverse lettering Field 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 lettering Within 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
Mintage ND (1246-1266) - Delhi mint -
Numisquare ID 9840307610
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