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1 Falus Qandahar, Siege coinage
| Issuer | Qandahar, City of |
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| Year | 1680-1700 |
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| Reference(s) | Album Islamic#3253 |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the zodiacal sign of Pisces, represented as a pair of fish arranged in opposition, a common talismanic motif on Islamic coinage of the Afghan region. The fish are rendered in a schematic, low-relief style within the square field. Surrounding the central device are traces of partially legible Arabic legends and decorative elements, worn and partially obscured by the irregular surface of the tri-layered copper flan. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Siege coinage from Qandahar reflects the city's brutal position as the most contested urban prize of the 17th-century Indo-Persian frontier — the city changed hands between the Safavid and Mughal empires no fewer than twelve times between 1522 and 1649. Issues attributed to this period almost certainly fall within the final phase of that rivalry or its immediate aftermath, when local authority was improvised and mint administration intermittent at best. Album 3253 is sparsely documented, and precise attribution within the 1680–1700 window remains unresolved in the literature.