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11/2 Falus - Non identifié 2 Gujarat

Issuer Gujarat Sultanate
Year 1451-1458
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Weight 14.36 g
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Obverse description Irregular hammered copper flan bearing multiple horizontal lines of Arabic script arranged across the field in a characteristic Gujarat Sultanate epigraphic style. The legends, rendered in a cursive Naskh or Tughra-influenced hand, occupy the majority of the die area without a formal border. The surfaces display a heavy olive-green patina with areas of cuprite, consistent with prolonged burial. The script is partially legible due to die wear and irregular striking, with letter forms showing bold, raised relief against the flat field.
Obverse script Arabic
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The Gujarat Sultanate's coinage during the 1450s falls within the reign of Qutb ud-Din Ahmad Shah II, a ruler whose brief time on the throne left administrative records thin enough that attribution of copper fractions from this period remains genuinely contested among specialists. The "non identifié" designation here is honest — Gujarat copper of this denomination resists clean attribution more than the silver does, partly because provincial minting points struck with considerable autonomy and irregular die quality.

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