Lot # 52 - Rare Silver One Tanka Coin of Sikandar Shah bin Ilyas of Shahr I Nau Mint of Bengal Sultanate.
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Start Price 7500 | Estimated Price 7500-8500 |
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Mint | Shahr-I-Nau (Bengal) | Metal | Silver | |
Full Description: Bengal Sultanate, Sikandar Shah bin Ilyas, Shahr-i-Nau Mint, Silver Tanka, Obv: sikandar shah ibn ilyas shah al-sultan, in margin four khalifa's name & al wathiq bi-ta yid al rahman abu l mujahid, Rev: yamin khalifat allah nasir amir al-mu minin khulda mulkahu, 10.95g, 29.58mm, (G&G # B184), about fine, Rare. Sikanadar struck a large number of coins starting with fairly plain designs and legends they develop into the most artistic series of Bengal coins to date, there are many type of silver tanka in his period. |