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⅔ Falus - Abd Allah Qutb Shah
| Issuer | Golkonda, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1035-1083 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan bearing bold Arabic calligraphic inscription in the field, rendered in a cursive Naskh or Nashk-derived style characteristic of Golkonda Sultanate coinage. The legend is arranged across the face in two or three lines, occupying the majority of the field with minimal border decoration. The surfaces display natural copper patina with areas of verdigris encrustation consistent with age and burial. The edges are irregular and uneven, typical of hand-struck square copper falus of the Deccan Sultanates. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered reverse flan bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription divided by a horizontal line or cartouche bisecting the field, a design element common to Golkonda copper coinage of Abd Allah Qutb Shah. The lettering is bold and somewhat crudely executed, consistent with provincial mint production. The field shows patches of green verdigris patination over a dark brown copper surface. The overall strike is off-center and the flan edges are irregular, characteristic of hammered Deccan copper issues of the mid-seventeenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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