Baldwin & Sons
Auction 89 8 May 2014
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A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES 'Ala al-Din Mujahid Shah (AH 777-779 / 1375-1378 AD), Gold Tanka, Hadrat Ahsanabad, AH 779, obv legend in square border, 10.93g (G&G BH46, this coin). Very fine, extremely rare.
All Mujahid's coins are rare. The titles here translate as the supreme sultan, the shadow of god in the world and he was an educated man of considerable size and strength. Nevertheless after a short reign he was murdered in his tent returning from a campaign against the Vijayanagar kingdom.
Estimate: £6000-8000
All Mujahid's coins are rare. The titles here translate as the supreme sultan, the shadow of god in the world and he was an educated man of considerable size and strength. Nevertheless after a short reign he was murdered in his tent returning from a campaign against the Vijayanagar kingdom.
Estimate: £6000-8000