Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad bin Tughluq, Billon 10 gan,i G&G D373

[maudry]

Who can help with this one? First image is rotated to have the date read correctly but should maybe rotated 90° clock wise.
Size: 15mm
Weight: 3.30gr

[saro]

Delhi Sultanate : Muhammad bin Tughluq Shah "al-Sultan al-'adl / bin Muhammad Tughluqshah"
10 gani / G&G D373 / billon coin (high copper content)
The date 722 could be an error of engraving for 726

[capnbirdseye]

I think perhaps it's not an error but the 6 of the date is squashed in which seems to occur on most of this type,  see my example here which is also squashed in at the end

[saro]

Very beautifull coin Vic ! so the date is well 726.
The "butterfly" (or alarm clock key..) letter "H" of "Shah" is very characteristic

[capnbirdseye]

Yes, these are very attractive coins as are many of muh bin Tughluqs,  my one here appears to have a higher percentage of silver compared to maudry's example

[maudry]

Thank you very much to both of you.
Yes it's a very nice little coin.
I have posted a larger picture of the year.
The final digit still looks more like a 2 to me but maybe it appears like that only due to the lack of space to the rim.

[EWC]

Thakkur Pheru was very consistant with coin composition, and I would expect this coin to have a relatively high silver content, as is normal.

The fact is - one cannot judge the metal from the surface appearance, and this coin very probably just has a lot of copper encrustation - probably from adjacent corroded copper items buried with it.

Personally I would not clean such a coin, the encrustation looks nice enough and is part of its bona fides..........

Rob T