A Collection of Indian Coins

India, SULTANS OF DELHI, Mu'issi or Slave Kings, Shams-ad Din iltutmish (607- 633/1210-1235), Tanka, Horseman type, Arabic inscription, rev, king on horseback with mace in right hand, galloping to left (cf. IMC 32). With some flatness to reverse margin, but horseman and obverse legend bold and clear, fine, perhaps better for issue and very rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Indian Coins.

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Iltutmish, the architect of an independent Delhi sultanate, issued Tankas of both pictorial and purely calligraphic type. Surviving examples of the unusual horseman type, are generally crudely struck and somewhat worn. The present coin is rather better than usual and superior to the specimen offered in the 'Skanda' collection (Spink-Taisei 9)