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| Emittent | Maldives |
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| Jahr | 1734-1750 |
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| Form | Round |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Hammered billon flan bearing three horizontal lines of Arabic legend in the field, reading the sultan's name and mint of issue. The inscription, struck in a bold Naskh-style Arabic script, reads 'Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar / Struck in Malé,' arranged across the full diameter of the coin. The legends are contained within linear borders top and bottom, dividing the field into distinct registers. The overall design is purely epigraphic, with no figurative elements, consistent with Islamic numismatic convention. The coin shows typical characteristics of Maldivian hammered coinage, with an irregular flan and patchy billon surfaces. |
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| Averslegende | السلطان ابرهيم سكندر ضرب محلى (Translation: Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar Struck in Malé) |
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The term "bodu" simply means "large" in Dhivehi — a functional distinction from the smaller larin issues circulating simultaneously. Ibrahim Iskandar II ruled the Maldives through a period of repeated foreign interference, including Portuguese and Dutch pressure on Indian Ocean trade routes, and local coin production during his reign was irregular enough that pieces vary considerably in weight and silver content across the billon spectrum.
Maldivian larins of this period were struck by a wrapping technique rather than conventional die-work, producing a rod of metal bent and impressed rather than a flat planchet. The result is a shape more coil than coin.