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1 Larin - Muhammad Imaduddin II date in the center
| Issuer | Maldives |
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| Year | 1705-1712 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal registers of Arabic script occupying the full field, reading 'Sultan / Year 1116 / of the land and sea' (سلطان ١١١٦ سنة البر والبحر). The Hijri date appears prominently in the central register, flanked above and below by the sultan's title and dominion formula. The script is rendered in the same bold, informal calligraphic style as the obverse, characteristic of Maldivian billon larins of this period. |
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| Mintage | 1116 (1705) - ١١١٦ - ND (1705-1712) - - 1121 (1709) - ١١٢١ - 1122 (1710) - ١١٢٢ - 1123 (1711) - ١١٢٣ - 1124 (1712) - ١١٢۴ - |
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The larin was a distinctly Indian Ocean monetary form — a bent wire or rod coin whose design derived from Persian Gulf trade currency, adopted by the Maldives and reshaped into the local billon coinage that underwrote the archipelago's cowrie-shell economy. Muhammad Imaduddin II ruled during a period of intense competition between European trading powers for influence over the islands, including a Portuguese legacy still felt in trade routes and a growing Dutch presence. The KM#14.1 designation separates this issue by the placement of the date at center, a die arrangement distinguishing it from otherwise near-identical concurrent strikings.