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 Rukn al-Din Kaikaus: 689 - 699 AH; 1290 - 1299 AD  

 

Denomination:   silver tanka Date:  Mint:  Lakhnauti
 
Catalog No:  Goron B88   Rarity:  scarce
Era:    Other Dates:  689-690
Weight:  10.8 g   Western Date: 
Measurement:    Material:  silver
Obverse:  al-sultan al-a'zam rukn al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar kaikaus al-sultan bin al-sultan bin sultan   Reverse:  al-imam al-musta'sim amir al-mu'minin also struck from the land-tax of Bang
Coin Courtesy:  Stan Goron   Scan Courtesy:  Stan Goron
Comments: coins of years 689, 690 are struck from the land tax of Bang; later coins of the reign do not mention this.