ISLAMIC SULTANATES, Gujarat. Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah III. AH 944-961 / AD 1537-1553. AV Tanka (21mm, 11.98 g, 1h). Uncertain (Muhammadabad [?]) mint. Dated AH 947 (AD 1540/1). al-wathiq legend / Name and title of Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah III within double linear quadrate border; trace of mint name and AH date in exergue. CIS G410; Rajgor Type 2375. EF, lustrous.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Dr. Lawrence Brilliant. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 307; Glendining (15 October 1985), lot 308.