Item 52 out of 251
Lot # 52 - Silver Tanka Coin of Jalalat ud din Radiyya of Delhi Sultanate.
Silver Tanka  Coin of Jalalat ud din Radiyya of Delhi Sultanate.
Silver Tanka  Coin of Jalalat ud din Radiyya of Delhi Sultanate. Silver Tanka  Coin of Jalalat ud din Radiyya of Delhi Sultanate.
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Start Price 200000 Estimated Price 200000-300000
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Quick Description
DenominationSilver Tanka MintDelhi
MetalSilverYear (AH/VS/SE/AM)AH 63X
Full Description:

Delhi Sultanate, Turk Dynasty, Jalalat-ud-din Raziya (AH 634-637/1236-1240 AD), Dehli Mint (off flan), Silver Tanka, AH 635, In the name of both Iltutmish and Raziya, Obv: al-sultan al-a’zam Shams ud dunya wa’l din al-sultan al-mu'azzam Raziya al-dunya wa, Rev: fi ahd imam ul mustansir amir ul mominin within single square, mint off flan & hijri date in Arabic words at margin, 10.88g, 26mm, (Unlisted type in G&G), choice very fine, Exceedingly Rare.

Jalalat-ud-din Raziya:  her first Delhi issue is in the name of her father-  Iltutmish; with only the word Nasrat (the female form of Nasr) and the date indicating the issuer. On her other Dehli tankas her title is Shams-ud din, whereas, in this specimen complete name of "Raziya" with title in the last line and also her father’s title ‘Shams-ud-duniya wa’l din’ in the second line within a square of obverse is visible and legends are within a single square than the usual double square pattern listed in G&G. 

(Bengal issues have ‘Jalalat-ud-dunya wa'l din’ and the name of Iltumush; with the word ‘Ibnat’ (daughter) above or on the left of ‘Iltamash’)

Rarely offered in the auction with the name "Raziya"!