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⅔ Gani - Mahmud Shah
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1482-1485 |
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| Currency | Tanka (1347-1518) |
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| Obverse description | Heavily worn hammered copper flan bearing Arabic legends disposed across the field in two or three horizontal lines, typical of late Bahmani Sultanate coinage under Mahmud Shah III. The inscription, partially legible due to extensive surface corrosion and die wear, carries the royal titulature in a characteristic Naskh-style calligraphic hand. The field is flat and undecorated, with no border or marginal ornament discernible. Significant patination with green cuprite deposits obscures fine detail. The overall fabric is typical of the irregular, crudely struck fractional copper coinage of the Bidar mint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a similarly worn and corroded copper surface bearing Arabic inscriptions arranged in horizontal registers across the flat field, consistent with standard Bahmani fractional copper types of the late fifteenth century. Traces of a multi-line legend are faintly discernible through the heavy patination, likely recording the mint name, regnal year, or additional titulature of the sultan. The flan edges are irregular and slightly ragged, characteristic of hand-cut planchets used in hammered coinage. No border or decorative framing is present. The overall strike is weak and off-center, reflecting the utilitarian nature of this low-denomination circulation piece. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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