274-45. GHORID OF GHAZNA, Mu'izzuddin Muhammad b. Sam, 1173-1203, billon jital, T-182, horseman L / legend, Lahore, F $21.00 sold 6/30/2011
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DELHI, Mu'izzuddin Muhammad b. Sam, 1193-1203, gold 1/2 staters. Lakshmi seated facing / Nagari legend:
a) Kanauj mint, GG-D5, VF $165.00 sold
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b) Bayana type, thicker & dumpier, GG-D6, VF $155.00 sold
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another, a bit crude, XF $180.00 sold
This guy is the first of the Dehli sultans.  Came in from Afghanistan.  Permanently established Muslim presence in India proper.
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Most references call these "staters," which of course is not what they were called by the users.  Gupta & Kidarite "staters" were ~8g, these are ~4.5g, pretty much of a dinar, though they follow the pre-Islamic prototypes which were the same lower weight.  So why shouldn't I call them 1/2 staters?
 
 
 

DELHI, Tajuddin Yildiz, 1206-15, copper fals, (Lahore?), T-204.2, part weak aVF $9.00
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Muhammad bin Sam died without "issue" and divided his empire amongst several of his slave generals.  Yildiz was given northern Pakistan and parts of eastern Afghanistan.  The Delhi empire was reunited by another slave general, Iltutmish, 1210-35.
 
 

DELHI, Firuz Shah II, 1290-96, silver tanka, GG-D197, 695 AH (1296), Hazrat Dehli, rare with full date, F $53.00 sold
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DELHI, Muhammad Shah II, 1296-1316, silver tanka, GG-D226, 713 AH (1313), Hazrat Dehli, cleaned VF $36.00 sold 6/30/2011
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DELHI, Muhammad Shah II, 1296-1316, silver tanka, GG-D227, 714 AH (1314), Qila' Deogir, XF $52.00 sold 2/23/2010
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DELHI, Muhammad III, 1325-51, billon 32 rati, GG-D450, no mint, no mint, in name of caliph Al-Hakam II, F $42.00
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DELHI, Fath Khan, viceroy for his father Firuz III in Jaunpur 1362-90?, bil tanka, GG-D511, no date, no mint, with name of caliph Abu 'Abdallah, aVF $65.00 sold 4/21/2008
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DELHI, Islam Shah Suri, 1545-54, silver rupee, GG-D970, 953 AH (1546), Sharifabad, VF $45.00 sold 2/23/2010
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DELHI, Islam Shah Suri, 1545-54, silver rupee, GG-D980, no mint (probably Bengal), 958 AH (1541), shroff marks, VF $30.00 sold
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