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1 Fals - Anonymous Astarabad
| Issuer | Astarabad, City of |
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| Year | 1833 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts two animals in combat, rendered in a bold, naive style characteristic of provincial Iranian hammered coinage; the upper beast, resembling a lion or large feline, is shown pouncing upon a smaller quadruped below. The figures are enclosed within a decorative foliate wreath border, with a beaded outer rim partially visible around the irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Astarabad — modern Gorgan in northeastern Iran — operated with considerable administrative autonomy during the fractious middle Qajar period, and anonymous copper fals of this type reflect local fiscal necessity rather than any central monetary policy from Tehran. The absence of a ruler's name was not unusual for low-denomination copper in provincial Qajar minting; silver and gold carried dynastic legitimacy, copper simply facilitated local market exchange.
The A#3219 reference places this within Zeno's ancillary Islamic series. Documentation for Astarabad copper of this decade remains sparse.