Lot 1967

Description

Sultans of Bengal, silver tankas, Ghiyath al-Din A'zam, (A.H. 792-813; A.D. 1389-1410), silver tanka, Hadrat Firuzabad Mint, probably 799 AH, (G&G B241, R.227); 'Ala al-din Husain, (899-925 A.H., A.D. 1493-1519, silver tanka 899, Fathabad Mint (G&G B706, R.467); 'Ala' al-Din Firuz II (A.H.938-939, A.D. 1531-1532), Mint of Tirhut Marden (G&G 883) (illustrated); Nasir al-Din Nusrat, (A.H. 925-938; A.D. 1519-1531), silver tankas, from Dar al-Darb Fathabad Mint, dated 925, (G&G B810, R.519) (3), another from Dar al-Darb Husainabad Mint, dated 925 (G&G B818) (illustrated); another (G&G 828); another Muhammadabad Mint, dated 936 (G&G B837), another Nusratabad Mint, dated 927 (G&G 840); Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, (A.H. 939-945; A.D. 1532-1538), silver tankas, from Fathabad, Husainabad and no Mint 933, 939, (G&G B901, B904, B919). Mostly very fine, some with Dr Flynn descriptions. (13)

Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection,