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1 Falus - Muhammad Adil Shah Bijapur
| Issuer | Bijapur, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1628 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field displays a large curved foliate or leaf motif in low relief, occupying the majority of the square flan. A grouping of raised pellets is visible to the left of the central device, consistent with the dotted leaf decorative vocabulary used on both faces of this Bijapur copper falus. The design is rendered in a bold but roughly struck hammered style, with the outer rim showing irregular flan edges typical of hand-struck copper coinage of the Adil Shahi Sultanate. |
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| Mintage | 1037 (1628) |
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Muhammad Adil Shah came to power in Bijapur in 1627 after poisoning his predecessor Ibrahim Adil Shah II, consolidating a sultanate that had spent decades navigating between Mughal pressure from the north and Vijayanagara rivalry to the south. His reign would stretch nearly three decades, making him one of the longer-ruling Adil Shahi sultans, but the copper coinage of his early years remains poorly documented in terms of die varieties and mint attribution — the Bijapur mint records from this period simply do not survive in recoverable form.