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⅙ Gani - Shams-ud-din Mohammad Shah III
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1463-1482 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displays a prominent crescent or lunate device in the upper portion of the field, a design element commonly associated with Bahmani dynastic coinage. Below the crescent, a further Persian legend in raised relief occupies the central and lower field, rendered in a similarly cursive script. The flan is notably irregular and exhibits significant surface granularity and green cuprite patination consistent with long burial or prolonged circulation. The peripheral border, where visible, follows the same beaded convention as the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shams-ud-din Mohammad Shah III ruled the Bahmani Sultanate during a period when effective power was almost entirely controlled by his prime minister Mahmud Gawan, the Persian-born administrator who managed the sultanate's finances, military campaigns, and diplomatic correspondence while the sultan remained largely ceremonial. The gani — the Bahmani copper fraction — was the workhorse denomination of local bazaar trade across the Deccan, and issues of this size circulated hard through markets where gold and silver were simply too valuable for daily transactions.