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Lot # 87 - Gold Fanam Coin of Sikandar Adil Shah of Bijapur Sultanate.
Gold Fanam Coin of Sikandar Adil Shah of Bijapur Sultanate.
Gold Fanam Coin of Sikandar Adil Shah of Bijapur Sultanate. Gold Fanam Coin of Sikandar Adil Shah of Bijapur Sultanate.
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DenominationGold FanamMetalGold
Year (AH/VS/SE/AM)AH 1087
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Bijapur Sultanate, Sikandar Adil Shah (AH 1083-1097/1672-1688 AD), Gold Fanam, AH (108)7, Obv: Arabic legend "Sikandar", Rev: Arabic legend "sultan (108)7", 0.5g, 5.77mm, (G&G # BJ41, Ref; JONS no. 74), about very fine, Extremely Rare.

Note: The 'Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, one of the five successor dynasties to the Bahmanid kingdom, lasted approximately 200 years; from 1489 until 1686 AD (AH 895 - 1097). The last king, Sikandar, was deposed by Aurangzeb in 1686 (AH 1097) when Bijapur became part of the Mughal Empire. 

 Very hard to get almost complete legend on such a small coin!