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1 Larin - Ibrahim Iskandar II
| Issuer | Maldives |
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| Year | 1722-1741 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | سلطان البر والبحر ١١٥٣ (Translation: Sultan of the land and sea 1153) |
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The larin was an archaic wire-coil currency form already obsolete across most of the Indian Ocean world by the time these were struck — the Maldives held onto the format long after Persia, the Gulf, and Ceylon had abandoned it. Ibrahim Iskandar II ruled for nearly two decades, and his larins circulated primarily through the cowrie trade networks that made the archipelago commercially significant far beyond its size.
The three KM variants reflect differences in the billon alloy composition across the reign, a known issue with Maldivian monetary production of this period where silver content fluctuated with supply.