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1/3 Gani - Nizam Al Din Ahmad Shah III
| Issuer | Bahmani, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1462 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Irregularly struck copper flan bearing bold Arabic calligraphic inscription in the central field, typical of Bahmani Sultanate hammered coinage. The legend is rendered in a cursive Naskh-style script, occupying the majority of the flan surface. The die workmanship reflects the hand-struck technique common to medieval Deccan sultanate issues, with characteristic surface irregularities and die wear. Partial marginal legends are visible at the periphery, though much detail is lost to the irregular planchet edge. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ahmad Shah III ruled the Bahmani Sultanate during its slow fragmentation, a period when the central administration at Bidar was increasingly dependent on regional governors who would eventually carve the sultanate into five successor states. The fractional copper gani served workaday commerce that the silver and gold issues never touched — grain markets, toll gates, petty transactions across the Deccan.
The Bahmani copper series is notoriously difficult to attribute precisely; die alignment and flan preparation varied substantially between mints at Bidar, Gulbarga, and elsewhere.