Peshawar in this period was caught between competing powers — the declining Durrani Afghan empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani had taken the city from the Mughals in 1747, and local municipal copper issues like this falus filled the vacuum left by disrupted imperial minting. City-issued copper of this type circulated hyperlocally, rarely traveling beyond the bazaars and caravanserai of the immediate region.
Peshawar in this period was caught between competing powers — the declining Durrani Afghan empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani had taken the city from the Mughals in 1747, and local municipal copper issues like this falus filled the vacuum left by disrupted imperial minting. City-issued copper of this type circulated hyperlocally, rarely traveling beyond the bazaars and caravanserai of the immediate region.