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RARE SILVER COIN OF GHAZNAVID SULTAN MAHMUD MINT MULTAN

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
RARE SILVER COIN OF GHAZNAVID SULTAN MAHMUD MINT MULTAN
A VERY RARE ANCIENT ISLAMIC INDIA, Islamic Sultanates. Silver Coin Called Damma. Fatimid-Ghaznavid Series. GHAZNAVID IN MULTAN: Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi of ghazni, 1005, 1011-1030, reverse legend yamin al-dawla / wa amin al-milla / mahmud bin / nasir al-din. This coin was minted by ghaznavid Sultan mahmud after he defeated the fatimids and removed them from Multan & indian Areas. Stylistically & calligraphically identical to the last Fatimid issues of Multan, seized by the Ghaznavid briefly in 1005, permanently in 1011.