Square silver tanka of Mahmud Shah (1436-1468 AD), 1466 AD, Sultan of Malwa

Description

Scarce small bronze trachy
Square silver tanka of Mahmud Shah (1436-1468 AD), 1466 AD, Sultan of Malwa
Size and weight:
(20x20) mm, 10.3
grams
Persian inscriptions / Persian inscriptions. Dated to 871 AH = 1466 AD. Sharply struck, rare! Shadiabad mint. Very nice for these, very thick and heavy coin. Rajgor 3055; "The Coin of the Indian Sultanates" M32; HNW 13.
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# sma119