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1/3 Falus - Muhammad Adil Shah
| Issuer | Bijapur, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1627-1656 |
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| Value | ⅓ Falus |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by multiple lines of Arabic script in a bold, somewhat crude hammered style typical of Bijapur Sultanate coinage. The legends, rendered in Naskh-influenced calligraphy, occupy the majority of the flan and record the ruler's name and titles. The coin exhibits an irregular, slightly dumpy flan with natural surface granularity consistent with hammered copper issues of the Deccan Sultanates. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Muhammad Adil Shah ruled Bijapur for nearly three decades, a reign marked by the construction of the Gol Gumbaz — the largest dome in India at the time of its completion in 1656 — financed in part through a tax administration that required fractional copper coinage for small transactions. The 1/3 falus denomination sits at the lower edge of the practical monetary hierarchy, used in bazaar exchange where silver was simply too valuable to subdivide further.
Bijapur's copper issues from this reign are frequently found with uneven flans, a product of rudimentary casting rather than cut-and-hammer preparation.