⅔ Falus - Ahmadnagar

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.