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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 461

Sultans of Bengal, 'Ala al-Din Husain (AH 899-925; AD 1493-1519), commemorative Tanka, first "victory" type, 10.67g, AH 900, Dar al-Darb (Zarb), al-sultan al-mutawakkil 'ala'llah al- fatth al-kamru wa'l-kamta bi-'inayat allah 'ala al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar husain shah fath kamta, rev. Kalima, mint and date in field, four rashidun in the margin (G&G. B717), couple of small shroff-marks on the reverse, good very fine, very scarce


This first victory type was issued before the successful campaigns in Jajnagar and Orissa, which are celebrated on later issues.

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