29mm in diameter (large!!!), 10.7 g. Silver Tanka, Islamic inscriptions / Islamic inscriptions.Fourth "Victory issue", Dar al-Darb mint, dated to 922 AH = 1516. Excellent large silver coin, very attractive, thick and heavy. "The coins of the Indian Sultanates" B738.

Ala al-Din Husain Shah (r. 1493–1519 CE) was one of the most prominent and successful rulers of the Bengal Sultanate. Founder of the Husain Shahi dynasty, he expanded Bengal’s frontiers through campaigns into Assam, Orissa, and parts of Bihar, making the sultanate one of the strongest regional powers in late medieval India. His reign is remembered as a period of prosperity, stability, and flourishing culture—Bengali literature and art thrived under his patronage, with poets like Kabindra Parameshvar and Maladhar Basu active at his court. He also maintained diplomatic and commercial ties with neighboring states and overseas traders. Ala al-Din Husain Shah’s balanced policies toward both Hindu and Muslim subjects earned him a reputation as a tolerant and effective ruler, and his dynasty marked the high point of independent Bengal before the Mughal era.