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1/4 Falus - Muhammad Shah I
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1358-1375 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered flan with a multi-line Arabic legend in raised relief distributed across the central field, divided by a vertical line into two registers. The script, in a rough Naskh hand typical of early Bahmani provincial copper issues, carries elements of the sultan's name and titulature. The flan is notably irregular in outline, with visible hammer marks and surface porosity characteristic of 14th-century Deccan hand-struck copper coinage. |
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Muhammad Shah I founded the Bahmani Sultanate's independent coinage tradition after breaking from the Tughlaq sultanate of Delhi in 1347, and his fractional copper issues represent the workhorse currency of the Deccan's local markets during a period when the sultanate was actively consolidating control over the interior. The quarter falus circulated at the smallest transactional level — grain, fuel, casual labor — and saw genuine hard use.
Bahmani copper of this reign is frequently encountered with significant corrosion from the Deccan's soil conditions, making clean examples uncommon.