India 1041-1050 RRR silver damma of Sultan Mawdud , Punjab, Ghaznavid Sultanate

Shahada spread over both sides within an ornate border, Fat'h (?) above the legend on the reverse, name of Mawdud in the last line on the reverse. 13mm, 0.40 grams. No mint (uncertain mint in Punjab or north-eastern Sindh), no date. Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #GH21. SKU x3502-53544

The dammas/ daniqs of Mawdud are reported in Goron and Goenka’s “The Coins of the Indian Sultanates” and other catalogues, probably owing to the mis-reading of the name “Mahmud” as “Mawdud”. Mawdud gold and silver coins are common, but his dammas/ daniqs are exceedingly rare and could not be confirmed until recently. Coins with the clear "Mawdud) were practically unknown until recently, when a small hoard of them appeared on the market. These coins remain exceedingly rare.

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