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Square silver tanka of Mahmud Shah (1436-1468 AD), 1456 AD, Sultan of Malwa

Square silver tanka of Mahmud Shah (1436-1468 AD), 1456 AD, Sultan of Malwa

$ 28.51

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    Description

    Scarce small bronze trachy
    Square silver tanka of Mahmud Shah (1436-1468 AD), 1456 AD, Sultan of Malwa
    Size and weight:
    (20x19) mm, 10.4
    grams
    Persian inscriptions '
    al-sultan al-azam abu'l mzaffar ala al-dunya
    '
    / Persian inscriptions '
    wa'i dinmahmud shah al-khalji
    ' Dated to 860 AH = 1456 AD.. Sharply struck, rare! No mint. Very nice for these, very thick and heavy coin. "The Coin of the Indian Sultanates" M33.
    These full-size tanka, of size and weight of the soon-to-come rupee are also sometimes termed "rupees".
    Malwa is a region of central India. It lies at the headwaters of the Chambal River. Ujjain is the ancient center of the region, and Indore is presently the largest city.
    Around 500 CE, Malwa reemerged from the dissolving Gupta empire as a separate kingdom, and in 528 Yasodharman of Malwa defeated the Huns who had invaded India from
    This coin is guaranteed to be authentic.
    Stock# sma111