Lot 1923

Description

India, Islamic Sultanates, Dehli, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, (A.H. 720-725, A.D. 1320-1325), gold tanka, 25mm, (10.95 g), Hadrat Dehli mint, dated AH 724 (1324/5), obv. "al-sultan al-ghazi ghiyath al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar" in three lines across field, rev. "Tughluq shah al-sultan nasir amir al-mu'minin " in three lines across field; "Struck in Hadrat year four and twenty and seven" in outer margin, (G&G, 'Coins of the Indian Sultanates' D301). Good very fine and rare with clear AH date.

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection from CNG eSale 131, January 18, 2006, (lot 291) with their ticket.