Indian 19 [opgelost]

8.36 gr, 13mm wide, 6mm thick

Gujarat Sultanate - Tanka - Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah, AH94x, G&G#D370
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces76129.html
https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=145641

Hi Parimal,

I see the likeliness to the Zeno picture but not to the Numista one?

To compare:
My measure: 8.36 gr, 16 mm, 6 mm thick
Numista 8.79 gr, 16.98 mm. 5.78 thick, Billon, Tanka
Zeno 11.51 gr, 17 mm, Copper, Falus

Is a Tanka also called a Falus?

Thanks for doing all this research.
Ben

Sorry missed out on the weight of the coin.
Since its weight is 8.36 gm it would be based on 72 rati standard. G&G#D370 is based on 96 rati standard
During this period the weight of the metal was done in rati standard which was based on the weight of the Gunja seed. 1 rati means weight of 1 Gunja seed.
Copper coins of this ruler are in known in 100, 96, 80 and 72 rati standard

80 rati standard coin means 1 Tanka/Falus = 80 rati. The weight of a Gunja seed is around 0.1215 g,
So for G&G#D370, 1 Falus = 96 rati = 96*0.1215gm = 11.664gm
Whereas for G&G#D401, 1 Falus = 72 rati = 72*0.1215gm = 8.748gm

Comparing the wight and legends G&G#G401 seems the best candidate. But in G&G#G401 the reverse legend is within square but no square is visible on your coin. Maybe the square is out of flan.
For comparison see a 2 Falus G&G#G400 - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43409.html

As for the name Tanka or Falus, it is not known what the coins of Gujarat Sultanates were actually called at that time. The coins themselves rarely state their denomination. Also it is not clear how these coins of different rati standards worked at the same time.
For the sake of simplicity the G&G catalog generally calls all the gold/silver/billon coins as tanka and copper coins as falus for most sultanate coins.

Thank you very much. I am learning every day. Most of these came from my friend but I also bought quite a few coins traveling through different parts of India for 9 weeks.