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[[Image:CNG XXIX 6539.jpg|550px|thumb|CNG Triton XXIX, lot 6539]]

This specimen was lot 6539 in CNG Triton XXIX (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $1,715. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Malwa. Ghiyath Shah. AH 873-906/AD 1469-1500. AV Tanka. Square module. Dated AH 888 (AD 1483/4). Titles of Ghiyath Shah / Continuation of titles and name of Ghiyath Shah. Toned, deposits in devices, shroff mark on obverse. VF. Ex Album 49 (13 June 2024), lot 706; Classical Numismatic Group Islamic 4 (19 October 2023), lot 226." The Sultans of Malwa ruled their state in central [[India]] from 1392 to 1562 and issued a number of gold coins based on the tanka. Some of them are actually not rare. This ruler issued a double tanka, tanka and half tanka, all square. The state was conquered by Akbar and was made part of the Mughal Empire.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 11 g, gold; this specimen 19.5 x 19 mm diameter, 11.02 g, 12 h axis. 

''Catalog reference:'' CIS M67; Rajgor Type 3124, Fr-645. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, ''Triton XXIX,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Malwa AH 880 tanka Fr-645|AH 880 tanka, Ghiyath Shah Khalji]]
* [[Malwa AH 894 tanka Fr-645|AH 894 tanka, Ghiyath Shah Khalji]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1483]]

[[Category:Selections from CNG sale Triton XXIX]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]