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Lot # 57 - Very Rare Gold Tanka Coin of Ala ud Din Husain Shah of Fathabad Mint of Bengal Sultanate.
Very Rare Gold Tanka Coin of Ala ud Din Husain Shah of Fathabad Mint of Bengal Sultanate.
Very Rare Gold Tanka Coin of Ala ud Din Husain Shah of Fathabad Mint of Bengal Sultanate. Very Rare Gold Tanka Coin of Ala ud Din Husain Shah of Fathabad Mint of Bengal Sultanate.
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Year (AH/VS/SE/AM)89X AH
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Bengal Sultanate, Ala-ud-Din Husain Shah, Fathabad Mint, Gold Tanka, AH 89X, Fourth Victory Type, Obv: al sultan al fath al kamru wa kamta wa jajnagar wa urissa ala al dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar, Rev: husain shah al sultan bin sayyid ashraf al husaini khuldallahu mulkahu wa sultanahu, 10.66g, 20.13mm, (G&G # B726), about extremely fine, Very Rare.  

 
Husain Shah entered most prosperous period of the trade. During his reign his Sultanate expanded greatly and this was reflected in the coinage, there are three main categories of issues each of which has different types within it, this coin comes in second type that is "victory type".