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WORLD COINS. INDIA. Sultanates. Sultans of Dehli. Shams al-Din Iltutmish (AH 607-633 / 1210-1235 AD). Silver Tanka. AR, 10.89g. Struck at Dehli from the land-tax of Kanauj and infidels. Date not clear but known from Year 632. Obv. Ruler's titles. Rev. Citing the caliph al-Mustansir. Three dots in each segment obverse and one dot in each segment of reverse (G&G D36). About very fine, some weakness. Scarce.
Iltutmish was one of the most powerful of the early Sultans of Dehli. He did much to consolidate the sultanate in northern India, his realms spreading also to Bengal, where local governors issued coins in his name. He was one of the so-called "slave kings", brought up and trained while slaves but able to achieve high honour. This coin type has the legend in the obverse margin: "min kharaj qanauj wa kafar". There are a number of varieties depending on the number of dots found in the segments between the double squares and circle on both sides.
Estimate: $150
Iltutmish was one of the most powerful of the early Sultans of Dehli. He did much to consolidate the sultanate in northern India, his realms spreading also to Bengal, where local governors issued coins in his name. He was one of the so-called "slave kings", brought up and trained while slaves but able to achieve high honour. This coin type has the legend in the obverse margin: "min kharaj qanauj wa kafar". There are a number of varieties depending on the number of dots found in the segments between the double squares and circle on both sides.
Estimate: $150