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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7774736, member: 85693"]Thank you for that tip - indeed, you put me in the right direction. Here's what I came up with (I had trouble reading the date, but it looks like an example on chiefa coins with that AH 906 date. From what I can tell, there are two types, one with one without the mint; since this seems to be below the date, mine either never had a date, or it is off-flan. I think. I'm still very ignorant about these! </p><p><br /></p><p>I also corrected the obverse/reverse orientation of the original photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333513[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>India, Delhi Sultanate</b></p><p><b>Æ / Billon Tanka</b></p><p><b>Sikandar Lodi</b></p><p><b>A.H. 906 (1501 A.D.) ?</b></p><p><b>Delhi / No mint? (off flan)</b></p><p>Al-mutawakkil 'ala'l rahman.../ Fi-zaman amir al-muminin...Mint: [bi-hadrat Delhi] and date٩٠٦ (906 ?) at bottom.</p><p>Goron D705 / D706 (no mint)</p><p>(9.35 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you again for your help with this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7774736, member: 85693"]Thank you for that tip - indeed, you put me in the right direction. Here's what I came up with (I had trouble reading the date, but it looks like an example on chiefa coins with that AH 906 date. From what I can tell, there are two types, one with one without the mint; since this seems to be below the date, mine either never had a date, or it is off-flan. I think. I'm still very ignorant about these! I also corrected the obverse/reverse orientation of the original photo: [ATTACH=full]1333513[/ATTACH] [B]India, Delhi Sultanate Æ / Billon Tanka Sikandar Lodi A.H. 906 (1501 A.D.) ? Delhi / No mint? (off flan)[/B] Al-mutawakkil 'ala'l rahman.../ Fi-zaman amir al-muminin...Mint: [bi-hadrat Delhi] and date٩٠٦ (906 ?) at bottom. Goron D705 / D706 (no mint) (9.35 grams / 18 mm) Thank you again for your help with this.[/QUOTE]
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