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1 Falus Possibly Qandahar mint, Siege coinage
| Issuer | Qandahar, City of |
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| Year | 1680-1700 |
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| Shape | Square (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular square hammered copper flan bearing a bold Arabic inscription in the field. The legend reads 'ضرب قندهار' (Zarb Qandahar, meaning 'struck at Qandahar'), rendered in a cursive Naskh-influenced script with prominent diacritical dots scattered throughout the field. The lettering is raised in relief against a coarsely textured, granulated ground characteristic of emergency siege coinage. The overall execution is crude but legible, consistent with hastily produced military necessity issues of the late seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | ضرب قندهار |
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