Catalog
1 Fals - Anonymous Bihbihan mint
| Issuer | Bihbihan, City of |
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| Orientation | Irregular alignment |
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| Obverse description | Floral and vegetal decorative design occupying the entire field of this irregularly shaped hammered copper fals. The central motif appears to depict a stylized bird or zoomorphic figure flanked by large palmette or tulip-like floral sprays rendered in bold relief. The composition is characteristic of anonymous local Persian municipal coinage, executed in a naive but expressive die-cutting style with no inscriptions present on this face. |
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| Reverse description | Three-line Arabic inscription in naskh script occupying the central field, reading 'ضرب / بهبهان / فلس' (meaning 'struck / Bihbihan / fals'). The legend is surrounded by a prominent border of large raised pellets encircling the inscription, a decorative convention common to anonymous provincial Iranian copper coinage. The flan is thick and irregular, typical of hand-struck municipal issues, with surface granularity and flan cracks consistent with the copper alloy and hammered technique. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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