1 Tanka Shams ud-din Ibrahim Shah - Jaunpur? billon tanka of Husain Shah [solved]

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gros Catalogue referee
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Posted: 8 Şub 2022, 10:22 #
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Hello

Can you confirm or deny my identification
I think i read a date but not match with the coin I guess it is
https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/pieces49331.html

9.76g
17/18mm
copper


Thank you
Guillaume
Croydonstan
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Posted: 8 Şub 2022, 20:20 #
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It's a billon tanka of Husain Shah, Sultan of Jaunpur (AH 863-884 / AD 1458-1479), dated (8)77. The obverse legend includes Husain Shah bin Mahmud Shah bin Ibrahim Shah. It is type J27 in Goron & Goenka "Coins of the Indian Sultanates".
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Posted: 8 Şub 2022, 23:17 #
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You're lucky the date is clearly readable :8D
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Posted: 9 Şub 2022, 11:13 #
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Thank you

it is the amount of copper in this coin that misled me, it is almost copper red
Status changed to Solved (gros, 9 Şub 2022, 11:13)
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