This is a Billon Tanka of the Delhi Sultanate under the Lodi Dynasty regime, weighing nearly 9 grams, but I can't identify the Ruler's name. Thanking you everyone for going through this specimen :)
I can see a partial date at the bottom of the second photo, but can't make it out very well. Possibly 901, where the zero and one have run together with wear.
Reads as sikander shah - bahlul shah - but omits ‘bin’ usually meaning ‘son of’ which is more usual for the sultans of this era. The last Lodi ruler - Mahmud has his father and older brother mentioned so mahmud shah bin sikandar shah bin bahlul
Who is this Mahmud, you mentioned earlier (The last Lodi ruler - Mahmud has his father and older brother mentioned so mahmud shah bin sikandar shah bin bahlul), so this coin was issued by Sikandar Lodi, not Mahmud Lodi?
Who is this Mahmud, you mentioned earlier (The last Lodi ruler - Mahmud has his father and older brother mentioned so mahmud shah bin sikandar shah bin bahlul), so this coin was issued by Sikandar Lodi, not Mahmud Lodi?
You didn't read it properly, your coin is sikander, l just explained the reason why your coin also bears the name bahlul shah,
Got it, yeah exactly, I misunderstood earlier and thought that there was Mahmud Shah Lodi LOL, yes I know about the words ‘Bin’Bin' and ‘Ibn’—their uses within an Arabic and Persian legend, and it's very interesting. Thanking you a lot for helping me about this and I bought this coin 7 years ago for less than a buck :)
As a point of interest, a tanka of Mahmud Lodi is RRR and dated 935, a single example is known but it's possible these exceedingly rare coins go unnoticed if the date is off and all 3 rulers are not visible
Can you please forward me any link/source about that Mahmud Lodi coin (RRR) dated 935, I really want to witness the one of a kind beauty or want to read much more info about that specimen :)
