Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXVII 22-23 Mar 2023
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India, Sultanate of Delhi. Mahmud bin Muhammad III Tughluq AV Tanka. Mintless type. AH 752 = AD 1351. Name and titles in four lines; date below / Continuation of titles in four lines. G&G, D455. 11.04g, 21mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare; the only gold issue for this ruler.
From the Arethusa Collection;
Ex Professor Shir Mohammad Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 1344.
According to Goron & Goenka "On the death of Muhammad bin Tughluq, Firuz Tughluq was accepted as the next ruler by the army in Sind. In Delhi, Khwaja-i-Jahan, unaware of this, raised to the throne a would-be son of the later sultan, with the name Mahmud. When Firuz returned to Delhi, Mahmud was set aside".
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare; the only gold issue for this ruler.
From the Arethusa Collection;
Ex Professor Shir Mohammad Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 1344.
According to Goron & Goenka "On the death of Muhammad bin Tughluq, Firuz Tughluq was accepted as the next ruler by the army in Sind. In Delhi, Khwaja-i-Jahan, unaware of this, raised to the throne a would-be son of the later sultan, with the name Mahmud. When Firuz returned to Delhi, Mahmud was set aside".