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1/2 Falus - Ahmad Shah III
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1554-1561 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1396-1583) |
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| Obverse description | Crudely struck Arabic inscription in the field, rendered in a bold, archaic hand characteristic of Gujarati sultanate copper coinage. The legend, occupying the central portion of the flan, is executed in a loose Naskh-derived script with heavily stylized letterforms. The irregular flan exhibits the characteristic roughness of hammered copper struck from hand-cut dies. The field shows no decorative border, consistent with the utilitarian nature of this fractional denomination. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse bears a bold central Arabic inscription filling the majority of the irregular flan, struck in a coarse and deeply impressed manner typical of Gujarati copper fractions of the mid-sixteenth century. The letterforms are highly stylized and compressed, arranged in two or three stacked lines within the field. The rough, porous surface of the copper flan reflects the base metal circulation character of this half-falus denomination. No border or decorative elements are present. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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