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⅔ Falus - Ahmadnagar
| Issuer | Ahmadnagar Sultanate |
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| Year | 1496-1636 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a further Arabic legend in multiple lines filling the field, struck on an irregular copper flan consistent with hammered Deccan Sultanate practice. The script is bold and somewhat roughly executed, reflecting the artisanal nature of provincial mint production. Traces of flat areas and weak strike are visible at the margins, and faint traces of a border may be discerned on portions of the coin's periphery. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Ahmadnagar Sultanate occupied an awkward position among the five Deccan Sultanates — perpetually pressured by Bijapur to the southwest and, after 1595, by Mughal expansion from the north. Coinage from the later decades of this range reflects that instability directly: mint output became irregular, and fractional copper denominations like this two-thirds falus were often struck on poorly prepared flans as central authority collapsed.
Chand Bibi's regency and the Mughal siege of Ahmadnagar fort in 1600 effectively ended coherent state administration, though the sultanate nominally persisted until Shahji Bhonsle's capture in 1636.