1/4 Falus - Muhammad Shah I

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.