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Auction 16041  27 September 2016
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Starting price: 80 GBP
Price realized: 190 GBP
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Sultans of Bengal, Shams al-Din Muzaffar (AH 896-99; AD1490-93), commemorative Tankas (2), 10.53, 9.97g, AH 898, without mintname, fath al-mulk al-'ādil al-bādhil al-mujāhid sa'd al-dīn nāsir amīr al-mū'minīn al-mukhāttib shams al-dunyā wa'l dīn abu'l nasir, rev. Kalima in the centre, around, in the margin, muzaffar shāh al-sultān khallad allāh mulkahu was sultānahu kamtā mardan fī 898 (G&G. B.682), the first with clear date, margin rather weakly struck, about very fine, the second with reverse test cuts, good fine, both rare (2).
This rare issue, which is known in two varieties, commemorates a successful military campaign in the Kamta area of present-day Assam. The obverse legend translates as: 'The victory of the just and generous king, the warrior, fortunate in the faith, the helper of the Commander of the Faithful, who is called Shams al-Dunya etc.'
Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00
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