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Pillar of the Community
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1996 Posts |
Posting a new variety of falus from Mahmud shah I.  AE-9.18gms; Dia-17.8mm. By weight, this is a falus of 80 rati standard. Obv - 'al sultan al azam abu al fath nasir al dunya wa aldin' ("al fath" cuts across the middle of the coin), date 911 between al fath and nasir) Rev - mahmud shah al sultan within square (shah not intercepting sultan) Ref: Obv legend as on G168 (1½ falus) and G 188(falus) (Goron & Goenka). Reverse legend as on G 168, but varies from G 188 in two aspects, 'sha' does not cut 'sultan' and the legend is within square instead of peaked square seen in G 188. So this falus belongs to variety G 168 (1½ falus) and is an unlisted variety of G 188 Falus. |
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Posting a new variety of falus from Mahmud shah I. Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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1996 Posts |
Thank you jbuck. Adding an overlay to the key features.  |
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Adding an overlay to the key features. Thank you! |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1996 Posts |
A One and a Half falus coin of the same ruler with the same obv and rev legends  |
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Pillar of the Community
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1996 Posts |
An overlay of the coin above  |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1996 Posts |
One and a half falus G169  Overlay of the key features. Its mint is Mustafabad indicated by "shahr" on the lower and "i azam" on the right borders of rev.  |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1996 Posts |
One G170 specimen, with 'al fath' in the bottom line.   |
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United States
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Wonderful examples! |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1996 Posts |
Sharing my new procurement. This is an issue of Shams al-Din Muzaffar Shah III (AH 968-980 / 1560-1573 AD).  This coin bears legend on both sides precisely as on G 588, Goron & Goenka. G 588 falus weighs 11.2 Gms in the 96 rati standard. 14.29 Gm weight of this coin fits in with 1½ Falus of 80 rati standard as does G 605, where though the known dates agree, the legend on the reverse contains an additional "bin Mahmud" and so are not alike. Another option to consider is G 612. The weight and the intended legend are the same, but on the illustration given, known dates are different and the legend is partly retrograde, whereas this particular coin in discussion has regular legend, clear date and name of the issuer. So I m o this coin is to be considered as a so far unpublished variant of G 612 with a different so far unknown date from its known type variant. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice acquisition, drnsreedhar - that's an interesting coin!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United States
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@drns, I'm having trouble picking out any of the inscription from your picture. As an amateur, I don't see Muhammad anywhere, much less twice.
Any chance you could color in the words as you have done in the past? I, for one, find this step really educational. Thx!
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Sharing my new procurement... Excellent! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fantastic and interesting collection drnsreedhar!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Awesome collection! Errers and Varietys.
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