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1 Abbasi - Anonymous Shirvan, Shamakhi
| Issuer | Shirvan Khanate |
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| Year | 1794-1798 |
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| Weight | 1.90 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a dense Arabic religious invocation in multiple lines, executed in a somewhat crude hammered style characteristic of late 18th-century Caucasian coinage. The legend reads 'ya saheb al-zaman' (Oh, Owner of Time), a Shia devotional formula invoking the Hidden Imam. The inscription is set within an irregular flan with no decorative border, reflecting the anonymous nature of the issue. The lettering is bold but unevenly spaced, typical of the Shamakhi mint output of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | يا صاحب الزمان (Translation: ya saheb al-zaman Oh, Owner of Time) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Arabic inscription occupying the central field, giving the mint name Shamakhi and a partial Hijri date. The legends are arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, with the mint name above and the date numerals below, all in a plain unbordered field. The strike is characteristically irregular and off-center, as is common for hammered issues of the Shirvan Khanate. The surface shows typical granular texture of a hand-struck silver flan. |
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