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Lot # 84 - Silver Tanka Coin of Rajas of Arakan of Bengal Sultanate.
Silver Tanka Coin of Rajas of Arakan of Bengal Sultanate.
Silver Tanka Coin of Rajas of Arakan of Bengal Sultanate. Silver Tanka Coin of Rajas of Arakan of Bengal Sultanate.
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Start Price 12000 Estimated Price 12000-15000
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Quick Description
DenominationSilver Tanka MetalSilver
Year (AH/VS/SE/AM)953
Full Description:

Bengal Sultanate, Rajas of Arakan, Viceregal Coinage of Chittagong region, Silver Tanka, dated in Buddhist Era 953 (1591AD), In the name of 'Anauk Bha', Obv: Shahada in Arabic, below it Bengali legend "Sri Sri Anaka Phara"? (the most exalted Anakaphara), Rev: Arakanese legend in three lines min tya gyi tha daw anauk bha wa shin (Royal son of the great King of Righteousness, King of the West), followed by the date, 10.3g, 26.17mm, (G&G # CG1), choice extremely fine, no test marks, Very Rare.