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Auction 68 5 Nov 2022
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India, Bahmanis of the Deccan: Nasir al-Din Isma'il Shah (AH 747-8/AD 1346-7) billon tanka, undated (G&G BH2), Muhammad II (AH 780-99/ AD 1378-97 silver tanka, Hadrat (Ahsanabad), AH 79x (G&G 51); Sultans of Bengal: 'Ala al-Din Hussain (AH 899-925/ AD 1493-1519) silver tanka, 4th victory type, Husainabad "919" (G&G B741); Sultans of Malwa: Mahmud I (AH839-73 / 1436-69) quarter silver tanka, AH 874 (G&G M29), Ghiyath Shah (AH 873-906/ AD 1469-1500 half silver tanka (88)3 (G&G M75), very fine to good very fine, the Ismail Shah tanka very scarce (5)
Ismail Shah was actually the immediate precursor to the Bahmanis and elected ruler by the local nobles who were in revolt against the Delhi sultanate. He was soon replaced by Bahman Shah, the founder of the Bahmanid dynasty. No billon coins were issued by the Bahmani rulers. The date of the Malwa half tanka is likely to be 883 because of the presence of a swastika mintmark, not noted for coins of years 893 or 903. The quarter tanka of Mahmud Shah is most probably a posthumous issue.
Estimate: 60 - 70 GBP
Ismail Shah was actually the immediate precursor to the Bahmanis and elected ruler by the local nobles who were in revolt against the Delhi sultanate. He was soon replaced by Bahman Shah, the founder of the Bahmanid dynasty. No billon coins were issued by the Bahmani rulers. The date of the Malwa half tanka is likely to be 883 because of the presence of a swastika mintmark, not noted for coins of years 893 or 903. The quarter tanka of Mahmud Shah is most probably a posthumous issue.
Estimate: 60 - 70 GBP