A COLLECTION FORMED BY PAUL STEVENS, SULTANATES Shams al-Din Ibrahim Shah (AH 804-844 / 1402-1440 AD), Gold Tanka, no mint, AH 841, obv toughra, 11.46g (G&G J1, date not listed). Clear date, nearly extremely fine. Many of the gold coins of Jaunpur are characterised by their attractive tughra-style obverse inscriptions, a style which was imitated in Bengal by Sultan Jalal al-Din Muhammad and some of his successors. £1500-2000
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