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1 Tanka - Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1451-1458 |
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| Thickness | 4.78 mm |
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| Obverse description | Hammered billon tanka in the Gujarat Standard type, the obverse field entirely occupied by bold Arabic calligraphic legends arranged in multiple horizontal registers across the flan. The inscription, executed in a robust Naskh-influenced script characteristic of Gujarat Sultanate coinage, fills the coin to its irregular edges with no border ornament. The lettering is deeply struck and slightly raised, displaying the dense, space-filling epigraphic style typical of mid-fifteenth century Gujarat issues. The field surface shows natural die flow and flan irregularity consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان قطب الدين احمد شاه |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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