Delhi Sultan - Muhammad Bin Tughluq (AH 725-752 / 1325-1351 AD) - Forced Tanka - Takhtgah Delhi Mint - 732 - 9.16gms - 20.85mm

Delhi Sultan, Muhammad Bin Tughluq (AH 725-752, 1325-1351 AD), Forced Tanka, Takhtgah Delhi Mint, 732, 9.16gms, 20.85mm, deeply struck complete legends, even the outermost, peripheral circles are present, G&G # D403

Obv. : within plain circle, legend in Persian: ‘muhr shud tankah, raij dar rozgar bandah, amidvar, Muhammad Tughluq’.

Translation: Sealed as a tanka in the reign of the slave, hopeful of divine mercy, Muhammad Tughluq

Rev. : within circle, legend in Persian: 'Min ata'al sultan faqad ala'al Rehman'.
Outside circle, legend in Persian: Dar takhtgah dehli - date

Translation:
Within circle: He who obeys Sultan obeys the Merciful one
Outside circle: Struck at Delhi in the year, date

Forced token currency : Muḥammad bin Tughluq’s notable experiment with copper / brass token coinage began in AH 730 and lasted until some time in AH 732. The basic unit was the tanka of 80 ratī weighing around 9 g. This tanka appears to have comprised 48 gānī in most places and 50 in Daulatābād. There were half and quarter tankas, and various gānī issues, none of which bore a direct weight relationship with the tankas. A series of legal dirhams (dirham al-shar‘ī) was also issued. Most of the coins types were issued either from Dehlī or Daulatābād, but there were also tanka issues from various other mints.