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1 Fals - Nasr b.Sebuktekin Broad fals

Issuer Ghaznavid Dynasty
Year 999
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Arabic
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Reverse description Central field features a multi-line Arabic Kufic inscription within a beaded inner circle, recording the name and titles of the ruler Nasr b. Sebuktekin along with the Abbasid caliph's name, arranged in horizontal registers. A circular marginal legend in Kufic script occupies the outer zone, bordered by a beaded annulus and a plain outer rim. The bold, angular letterforms and broad flan are characteristic of Ghaznavid copper fals struck at Bost in AH 389 (999 CE).
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