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1 Falus - Anonymous Andijan
| Issuer | Andijan, City of |
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| Year | 1415-1530 |
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| Reference(s) | Zeno cat#6433 |
| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan displaying a decorative arabesque or foliate design within a beaded or rope-style border encircling the central field. The overall composition features intertwining vegetal motifs rendered in low relief, characteristic of Timurid-era provincial copper coinage. The flan is notably irregular and shows evidence of a broken or chipped edge at the upper right, consistent with the crude hammered production technique typical of anonymous Central Asian falus issues. The surface carries natural copper patina with areas of granular texture across the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Andijan's civic copper issues occupy an awkward space in Central Asian numismatics — struck under nominal Timurid authority but carrying no ruler's name, they functioned as purely local exchange coinage for one of the Fergana Valley's most commercially active cities. The anonymous format was not modesty; it reflected the practical reality of a market town whose political overlord changed hands repeatedly across the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, making named issues a liability the mint simply avoided.