Arabic inscriptions within a square, and in the margins: al-sultan al-azam shams al-dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar Firuz shah al-sultan / Al-Imam al-Mustasim Amir al-muminin in a double square, date and mint in the circular margin around (Mint clear, including the epithet, date off-flan). 28mm, 10.67 grams. Mint of Hadrat Delhi. "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" D-197.

Shamsuddin Firuz Shah was an independent ruler of Bengal who reigned from about 1301 to 1322 CE and was one of the early powerful sultans of the Bengal Sultanate. Originally a military officer under the Delhi Sultanate governor in Bengal, he seized power after political turmoil and established his authority from the capital at Lakhnauti. Firuz Shah expanded his control across much of Bengal and is remembered for strengthening the region’s independence from the Delhi Sultanate. His reign was marked by military campaigns, mosque construction, and the issuance of silver coinage, reflecting Bengal’s growing prosperity and political importance in the early fourteenth century.