Sikandar shah ibn ilyas shah al-sultan within an octagon in the center, al-wathiq bi-tayid al-rahman abu'l-mujahid and the names of the first four Caliphs in the margin / Yamin khalifat allah nasir amir al-muminin khallad allah mulkahu, mint and date on the reverse (date is partially readable, 78(5) AH, mint partially readable. Mint of Shah-i-Nau. 28mm, 10,55 grams. "The coins of Indian Sultanates" #B186.

Rare type.

Sikandar Shah was the second ruler of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty in Bengal, succeeding his father Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah. Reigning from about 1357 to 1389, he consolidated and expanded the Bengal Sultanate, maintaining its independence from the Delhi Sultanate and strengthening administrative control over the region. His most notable architectural achievement is the construction of the massive Adina Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the Indian subcontinent, symbolizing both his power and Bengal’s growing prosperity. Sikandar Shah’s long reign brought relative stability, though toward its end he faced internal conflict, including a rebellion led by his son, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah, who eventually succeeded him.