Catalogue
Sultans of Bengal, Shams al-din Iltutmish struck in his name as Sultan of Delhi (A.H. 628-633, A.D. 1230-1236), Silver tanka, mint no name, (10.91 g), AH 628 (1230-1 A.D.), citing the caliph al-Mustansir, (G&G B45 RR). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Sultans of Bengal, Rukn al-din Firuz, struck in his name as Sultan of Delhi (A.H. 633, A.D. 1236), Silver tanka, Lakhnauti Mint (10.77 g), AH 634 (1236 A.D.), citing the caliph al-Mustansir, single dot in angles variety, (G&G B53 RR). Good very fine and extremely rare, the date unpublished for this type.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,400
Sultans of Bengal, Jalalat al-din Radiyya, struck in his name as Sultan of Delhi (A.H. 634-637, A.D. 1236-1240), Silver tanka, [Lakhnauti] Mint, name off flan, (10.71 g), date off flan but probably AH 634 (1236 A.D.), (G&G B56). Very fine, off centred obverse and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $850
Sultanate of Bijapur, gold pagoda (c.1650) (GG BJ47). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Sultans of Malwa, Ala al-din Mahmad Shah I, (A.H. 839-873, A.D. 1436-1469), gold tanka (11.02 g), no Mint but probably Hadrat Shadiabad, dated A.H.870 (1465-1466 A.D.), (G&G M22). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,200
Sultans of Malwa, Ghiyath Shah, (A.H. 873-896, A.D. 1469-1500), square gold tanka (10.87 g), no Mint but probably Hadrat Shadiabad, dated A.H.883 (1477-1478 A.D.), (G&G M66). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,000
Sultans of Malwa, Ghiyath Shah, (A.H. 873-896, A.D. 1469-1500), square gold tanka (11.07 g), no Mint but probably Hadrat Shadiabad, dated A.H.893 (1487-1488 A.D.), (G&G M67). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,500
Sultanate of Malwa, Mahmud Shah I (AH 839-873, AD 1436-1469) AE jital (GG M40), billon tanka 870AH (GG M32); Ghiyath Shah (AH 873-906, AD 1469-1500) AE falus 899? (GG M87); Nasir Shah, (AH 906-916, AD 1500-1510), AE falus, AH 907 (GG M143), half falus AH 909 (GG M144); Mahmad Shah II, (AH 916-937, AD 1510-1531), silver half tanka 916 (GG M156); AE falus AH 931 (GG M172); others (3) copper falus of a usurper after Sikandar Lodi on square flan, comes with a packet and detailed description. Fine - very fine, mostly scarce. (10)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Sultans of Gujarat, Nasir al-din Mahmud III, (A.H. 944-961, A.D. 1537-1553), gold tanka, no mintname, (11.94 g), A.H.954 (1547-1548), (G&G G412). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,600
Sultans of Gujarat, Shams al-din Muzaffar III, (A.H. 991-992, A.D. 1583-1584), silver rupee, Ahmadabad Dar al-Darb Mint, (11.38 g), A.H.991 (1583), (G&G G647). Nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Sultans of Delhi, Shams al-din Iltutmish (A.H. 607-633, A.D. 1210-1235), silver tanka, mint unclear, (10.76 g), AH 624 (1226-7 A.D.), citing the caliph al-Zahir (G&G D33 RRR). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
Sultans of Delhi, Shams al-din Iltutmish (A.H. 607-633, A.D. 1210-1235), silver tanka, Hadrat Delhi Mint, (10.96 g), AH 625 (1227-8 A.D.), citing the caliph al-Mustansir, (G&G D34 RR This Coin illustrated). Very fine, reverse off centred, very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Sultans of Delhi, Rukn al-din Firuz (A.H. 633-634; A.D. 1235), silver tanka, Dehli, AH 633 (1235 A.D.), (10.83 g), (G&G D90 This Coin illustrated). Very fine, slightly off centred on the reverse, very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,200
Sultans of Delhi, Mu'izz al-din Bahram, (A.H. 637-639, A.D. 1240-1242), silver tanka, Dehli type, (11.00 g), probably A.H.638 (1241), but date off flan, (G&G D111). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Sultans of Delhi, 'Ala' al-din Mas'ud, (A.H. 639-644, A.D. 1242-1246), silver tankas, Hasrat Delhi Mint, (c.11.00 g), various dates, A.H.639-641, dates off flan, (G&G D120). All with off centred reverses, fine - very fine and scarce. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Sultans of Delhi, Nasir al-din Mahmud, (A.H. 644-664, A.D. 1246-1266), gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (11.00 g), A.H.662 (1263-1264), (G&G D135). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,000
Sultans of Delhi, Ghiyath al-din Balban, (A.H. 664-686, A.D. 1266-1287), gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (10.98 g), A.H.679 (1280-1281), (G&G D155). Extremely fine, as struck and scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,300
Sultans of Delhi, Ghiyath al-din Balban, (A.H. 664-686, A.D. 1266-1287), silver tankas, Hasrat Delhi Mint, (c.11.00 g), various dates, A.H.664-685, dates off flan, (G&G D157 [3], D158 [2], one illustrated). All with incomplete outer legends, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Sultans of Delhi, Mu'izz al-din Kaiqubad, (A.H. 686-689, A.D. 1287-1290), gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (10.79 g), A.H.689 (1290-1291), (G&G D175, this is the illustrated coin). Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,100
Sultans of Delhi, Mu'izz al-din Kaiqubad, (A.H. 686-689, A.D. 1287-1290), silver tankas, Hasrat Delhi Mint, (c.11.00 g), various dates, A.H.686-689, dates off flan, (G&G D178). All with incomplete outer legends, fine - very fine. (11)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Sultans of Delhi, Shams al-din Kayumarth, (A.H. 689, A.D. 1290), silver tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (10.56 g), A.H.690 (1290), (G&G D190). Good very fine, and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,200
Sultans of Delhi, Jalal al-din Firuz, (A.H. 689-695, A.D. 1290-1296), gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (10.81 g), A.H.695 (1296), (G&G D196, this is the illustrated coin). Extremely fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $650
SOLD $1,000
Sultans of Delhi, Jalal al-din Firuz, (A.H. 689-695, A.D. 1290-1296), silver tankas, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (c.10.9 g), various dates, mostly determinable (8), (G&G D197, one illustrated dated 695), others (3) similar of crude style. Mostly very fine. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Sultans of Delhi, 'Ala' al-din Muhammad, (A.H. 695-715, A.D. 1296-1316), silver tankas, Hasrat Delhi Mint, (c.11.00 g), various dates, A.H.695-715, most dates off flan, (G&G D226, one illustrated). All with incomplete outer legends, fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Sultans of Delhi, 'Ala' al-din Muhammad, (A.H. 695-715, A.D. 1296-1316), silver tankas, Dar al-Islam mint (illustrated) and Hasrat Delhi Mint, (c.11.00 g), various dates, A.H.695-715, most dates off flan, (G&G D225, D226). All with some incomplete outer legends, fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Sultans of Delhi, Qutb Al-din Mubarak, (A.H. 716-720, A.D. 1316-1320), square gold tanka (10.85 g), Hadrat Dar al-Khilfa Mint, dated A.H.719 (1319-1320 A.D.), (G&G D.247, Wright 368-369). Good very fine/very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $2,300
Sultans of Delhi, Qutb al-din Mubarak, (A.H. 716-720, A.D. 1316-1320), silver tanka, Hadrat Dehli Mint, (10.97 g), A.H.716 (1316-1317), (G&G D256). Good very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Sultans of Delhi, Qutb al-din Mubarak, (A.H. 716-720, A.D. 1316-1320), square silver tanka, Qila' Qutbabad Mint, (10.93 g), A.H.718 (1318-1319), (cf.G&G D261, ONS Newsletter 174, p.26 [this coin - designated as D268]). Good very fine, and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
Sultans of Delhi, Ghiyath Al-din Tughluq, (A.H. 720-725, A.D. 1320-1325), gold tanka (10.91 g), Hadrat Delhi Mint, dated A.H.721 (1321-1322 A.D.), (G&G D.301, Wright 430). Good very fine/very fine, slight bend at edge and very scarce.
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Sultans of Delhi, Ghiyath al-din Tughluq, (A.H. 720-725, A.D. 1320-1325), gold tanka, Qila' Deogir Mint, (11.00 g), A.H.724 (1323-1324), (G&G D302). Good very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $840