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Rupee - Maratha confederacy Bankapur mint
| Issuer | Maratha Empire |
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| Year | 1707-1712 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1674-1818) |
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| Obverse lettering | لطف الله |
| Reverse description | Central field displays bold Naskh Arabic calligraphy arranged in two horizontal registers within a rectangular cartouche, recording the mint epithet and regnal year particulars associated with the Bankapur mint. A cluster of pellets appears prominently to the upper left within the cartouche, a diagnostic mark of this issuing authority. The cartouche is enclosed within a raised linear border, with fragmentary Arabic legend continuing into the lower segment of the flan below a horizontal dividing line, consistent with the standard Mughal rupee reverse format as adapted by Maratha vassal mints. |
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These rupees were struck at Bankapur — a Karnataka fortress town that passed between Bijapur, Mughal, and Maratha hands repeatedly across the seventeenth century — during the turbulent interregnum following Aurangzeb's death in 1707. The Marathas exploited the resulting Mughal succession crisis aggressively, extending their revenue-collecting apparatus into the Deccan and legitimizing control of newly held mints by continuing to strike coins in Mughal weight and style. Bankapur's output during this window was brief precisely because territorial footholds in this region were contested and frequently reversed.