Watch List notes:

INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Malwa. 'Ala' al-Din Mahmud Shah I. AH 839-873 / AD 1436-1469. AV Tanka (26mm, 11.04 g, 10h). Shadiabad mint. Dated AH [8]41 (AD 1437/8). al-sultān al-a'zam 'alā' al-dunyā wa'l din khajli abu'l muzaffar mahmud shāh khallada allāh khilāfatahu (the supreme Sultan the glory of the world and the faith, protector, father of victory, Mahmud Shah, may Allah perpetuate his kingdom) in Arabic; last two digits of AH date to lower left / sikandar al-thāni yamīn al-khilāfa nāṣir amīr al-mū'minīn (the second Alexander the right hand of the Caliph, the helper of the commander of the faithful) in Arabic; all within linear circular border; zarb hada al-sikka bi hazrat Shadiabad (i>struck this coin in hazrat Shadiabad) in Arabic in outer margin. CIS M21; Rajgor Type 3064; Wright, Coinage, 8. Superb EF, shroff mark on obverse.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, September 1980.