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1 Fanam Narasimha
| Issuer | Hoysala Empire |
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| Year | 1046-1343 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Kannada |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Hoysala dynasty ruled from Belur and later Halebidu across nearly three centuries, functioning as a regional power that survived long after many of its Deccan contemporaries had collapsed under Ghaznavid and later Delhi Sultanate pressure. The fanam — a denomination name derived from the Sanskrit paṇa — became the backbone of South Indian small gold commerce, small enough to be bitten in half for fractional transactions in local markets.
Narasimha was the name of four successive Hoysala rulers; coins of this type cannot be attributed to a single reign without die analysis.