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1 Fals - Anonymous Daylam mint
| Issuer | Anonymous Daylam Mint |
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| Year | 961-1009 |
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| Reference(s) | A#D3226 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a two-line Kufic Islamic profession of faith (Shahada) inscribed across the central field, reading 'There is no god but God / Muhammad is the Messenger of God,' rendered in the angular, somewhat cursive Kufic style characteristic of anonymous Daylam fulus of this period. The inscription occupies the majority of the flan, with scattered pellets or decorative dots visible in the field around the legend. The strike is weak in places due to the irregular planchet and primitive hammering technique. No mint name or date is present, consistent with the anonymous attribution. The flan edges are irregular and clipped. |
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| Reverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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The Daylam region of northern Iran, tucked against the southern Caspian slopes, produced the Buyid dynasty — a Shia military force that by 945 had seized Baghdad and reduced the Abbasid caliph to a ceremonial figurehead. Anonymous copper fals from this period and region occupy an awkward numismatic space: too politically sensitive to carry a ruler's name openly in some issues, yet essential for small-scale commerce in a monetarily active zone. The attribution A#D3226 places this within Album's corpus of Buyid-era anonyms.