Lot 1218

Description

India, Sultans of Bengal, Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur (AH. 720-724, A.D. 1320-1324), silver tanka, Lakhnauti mint (G&G B108); issue struck in the name of Fakhr al-Din Mulbarak, (A.H. 734-750, A.D. 1334-1349), Sunargaon mint (G&G B136); Shams al-Din Ilyas, (A.H. 743-758, A.D. 1342-1357), silver tanka, Firuzabad mint (G&G B152); Sikandar bin Ilyas, (A.H. 758-792, A.D. 1357-1389), silver tanka, Firuzabad mint, (G&G B199); Ghiyath al-din A'zam (A.H. 792-813, A.D. 1389-1410) Firuzabad mint (G&G cf.B242); Ala al-din Husain (A.H. 899-925, A.D. 1493-1519), tanka, Husainabad year 904 (G&G B765); Nasir al-din Nusrat (A.H. 925-938, A.D. 1519-1531), silver tanka, Husainabad mint 925 AH, (G&G B828) (with schroff marks), Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud (A.H. 939-945, A.D. 1532-1538), tanka, no mint, (G&G B941 [R]); Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur, (A.H 963-968, A.D. 1555-1560), silver tanka no mint but probably struck at Lakhnauti, dated [9]67 (G&G B967) (illustrated). Mostly fine - good very fine. (9)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, in packets described.