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1 Falus - Akbar
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1556 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Irregular square hammered flan displaying a stylized zoomorphic figure in high relief, likely a lion or mythical creature rendered in a bold, archaic Mughal artistic style. The design is deeply struck into the copper surface, with the figure occupying the central field. The flan edges are irregular and characteristic of hand-cut copper blanks of the period. Surface shows natural copper patination consistent with circulation use. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Akbar ascended the Mughal throne in 1556 at age thirteen, immediately following Humayun's death from a fall down his library steps. The early coinage of his reign reflects administrative continuity rather than innovation — the mint apparatus inherited from Humayun's restoration was still being reorganized when these falus entered circulation.
The KM# 92.x designation covers a broad range of mint attributions, many still contested, owing to Akbar's decentralized copper production across provincial mints that operated with inconsistent supervision during the 1550s.