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Paika - Mu'izz Al-Din Kaiqubad
| Issuer | Delhi Sultanate |
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| Year | 1287-1290 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1206-1526) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by bold Arabic calligraphy in the Naskh script, reading the honorific title 'Al-Sultan Al-A'zam' (The Most Supreme Sultan). The inscription is rendered in high relief across the flan, with the characteristic irregular, slightly concave surface typical of hammered copper jitals of the Delhi Sultanate period. A plain dotted border frames the periphery of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the Arabic devotional legend 'Mu'izz al-Dunya wa'l-Din' (Glory of the World and the Faith), the regnal epithet of Sultan Kaiqubad, rendered in bold Naskh calligraphy in high relief. The inscription fills the flan in two or three lines, consistent with the compact format of Delhi Sultanate copper coinage. The coin displays the typical irregular, hand-struck flan of a hammered paika, with a plain peripheral border. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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