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2 Gani - Ala al din Mohammed II Khilji
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1296-1316 |
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| Value | 2 Gani (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the sultan's name and title in Arabic script (Shah Muhammad) enclosed within a double linear ring, the whole surrounded by a radiating or toothed border. A secondary legend in Devanagari script — reading 'Sri Sultan Alavadin' — occupies the annular space between the inner double ring and the outer toothed border, though it frequently falls partially off the irregular flan. The bold, densely packed calligraphy is characteristic of hammered Khalji-period billon coinage, with the double-ring framing device a hallmark of Alauddin's coinage type. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely covered by a multi-line Arabic legend filling the field, presenting the royal epithet of Sultan Alauddin Khalji in bold naskh-style script. The inscription reads 'Al-sultan al-azam ala al-dunya wa'l-din' (The Most Supreme Sultan, Greatness of the World and the Faith), disposed in three or four horizontal lines across the flan without a framing border. The lettering is deeply struck and bold in relief, typical of hammered Delhi Sultanate billon coinage of the early fourteenth century, with the irregular flan occasionally truncating the outermost letters. |
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| Mintage | 1296 - - ND (1296-1316) - - 1297 - - 1298 - - 1299 - - 1300 - - 1301 - - 1302 - - 1303 - - 1304 - - 1305 - - 1306 - - 1307 - - 1308 - - 1309 - - 1310 - - 1311 - - 1312 - - 1313 - - 1314 - - 1315 - - 1316 - - |
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