Delhi AH 677 tanka

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 535

This specimen was lot 535 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DELHI: Ghiyath al-Din Balban, 1260-1287, AV tanka, Delhi, AH677, well-centered bold strike, full mint & date, AU." 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).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 11.00 g.

Catalog reference: G-D155.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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• Delhi AH 654 tanka = 1256
• Delhi AH 725 tanka = 1324
• Coins and currency dated 1256