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1/2 Paika - Shams Al-Din Adil Shah
| Issuer | Sultanate of Madurai (Indian Sultanates) |
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| Year | 1347-1358 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a crudely executed design in low hammered relief, featuring what appears to be a stylized floral or geometric motif in the central field, possibly a conventionalized fish or vegetal symbol associated with the Madurai Sultanate coinage tradition. Two or three rounded boss-like elements are discernible in the lower portion of the design, surrounded by irregular linear elements. The flan is uneven and the strike is weak in areas, consistent with small fractional copper issues produced under Shams Al-Din Adil Shah. The field shows natural patination with traces of green cuprite corrosion. |
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| Mintage | ND (1347-1358) |
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Shams al-Din Adil Shah ruled the Madurai Sultanate during one of its most turbulent decades — the sultanate itself was a short-lived offshoot of the Tughlaq empire, established when Muhammad bin Tughluq's governors in the far south effectively broke free of Delhi's control in the 1330s. The Madurai sultans struck copper fractions in denominations rooted in the older local paika system, absorbing pre-existing South Indian weight conventions rather than imposing northern standards wholesale.
Adil Shah's reign ended with his assassination, one of several violent successions that characterize the dynasty's brief forty-year existence before Vijayanagara forces extinguished it entirely in 1378.