The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Sultans of Bengal, Shams al-Din Muzaffar (AH 896-99; AD1490-93), commemorative Tankas (2), 10.53, 9.97g, AH 898, without mintname, fath al-mulk al-ādil al-bādhil al-mujāhid sad al-dīn nāsir amīr al-mūminīn al-mukhāttib shams al-dunyā wal dīn abul nasir, rev. Kalima in the centre, around, in the margin, muzaffar shāh al-sultān khallad allāh mulkahu was sultānahu kamtā mardan fī 898 (G&G. B.682), the first with clear date, margin rather weakly struck, about very fine, the second with reverse test cuts, good fine, both rare (2). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。This rare issue, which is known in two varieties, commemorates a successful military campaign in the Kamta area of present-day Assam. The obverse legend translates as: The victory of the just and generous king, the warrior, fortunate in the faith, the helper of the Commander of the Faithful, who is called Shams al-Dunya etc.
