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1/4 Larin - Muhammad Imaduddin II
| Issuer | Maldives |
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| Year | 1705-1719 |
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| Weight | 1 g |
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| Obverse description | Hammered billon flan bearing Arabic inscriptions arranged across the field in multiple lines, naming the Sultan and recording the regnal year. The legends are hand-struck and display the characteristic irregular placement typical of Maldivian larin coinage of this period. The inscription reads the Sultan's name 'Muhammad' alongside the Hijri year 1129, disposed within the available field without a formal border. |
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| Reverse lettering | سلطان البر والبحر (Translation: Sultan of the land and sea) |
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Muhammad Imaduddin II ruled the Maldives twice — deposed in 1686, then restored in 1704 after his successor's reign collapsed. The quarter larin was the workhorse denomination of Maldivian trade, particularly in exchanges with Arab and Indian merchants passing through Malé on Indian Ocean routes. Billon coinage of this period reflects the chronic shortage of pure silver in the archipelago, where metal had to be imported and was carefully rationed into alloy.