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1 Fals - Diya' al-Din Ghazi
| Issuer | Saltukid dynasty |
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| Year | 1116-1132 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Heavily worn and encrusted field depicting what appears to be a stylized animal figure, possibly a lion or quadruped, rendered in low relief in the crude hammered style characteristic of early Saltukid copper coinage. The flan is irregular and the surfaces are heavily patinated with grey-green encrustation, rendering finer details largely indistinct. The design reflects the Artuqid-influenced artistic tradition of the eastern Anatolian frontier, employing bold, schematic forms. No legible inscription is discernible on this face. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic kufic inscription arranged within a double or beaded inner circle, itself enclosed by a beaded outer border running along the coin's irregular periphery. The inscription, characteristic of Saltukid fals coinage of Diya' al-Din Ghazi, likely contains the ruler's name and titles in angular kufic script. The overall design is executed in the hammered tradition with bold, deeply struck lettering set against a flat field. The coin exhibits significant encrustation but the epigraphic layout remains broadly legible. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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