Delhi AH 723 tanka
This specimen was lot 970 in Sincona sale 92 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,109 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"INDIEN Sultans of Delhi, Ghiyath-ud-dîn Tuqhlaq, 720-725 AH (1320-1325). Tanka 723 AH (1323), Hadrat Delhi Mint. Sehr schön-vorzüglich, Very Fine-Extremely Fine."
The sultans of Delhi struck an extensive series of gold coins (Fr-402 thru Fr-502) starting about AH 589 (1193 AD). Most of the rulers had very short tenures but Mohammad III survived twenty-six years (AH 725-752). Wikipedia comments,
"The...Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for more than three centuries. The sultanate was established around c. 1206–1211 in the former Ghurid territories in India. The sultanate's history is generally divided into five periods: Mamluk (1206–1290), Khalji (1290–1320), Tughlaq (1320–1414), Sayyid (1414–1451), and Lodi (1451–1526). It covered large swaths of territory in modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, as well as some parts of southern Nepal."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 11.00 g.
Catalog reference: Goron/Goenka D301. Fr-444.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 92: The Kian Collection - Part 3 (Islamic and Persian Coins and Medals, Orders of the Chivalry) and The Tuhfa Collection of Arabic Gold Coins, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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