Catalog
1 Fulus Gilan
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty (Gilan local issue) |
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| Reference(s) | Album #3232 |
| Obverse description | Central field features a prancing deer or stag facing right, rendered in relief with naturalistically depicted legs and antlers. The animal is set within a crescent or lunette border composed of a beaded inner ring, all contained within a plain circular periphery. The overall style is characteristic of provincial Safavid hammered copper coinage, with an irregular flan and slightly uneven strike typical of local mint production. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Gilan province, on the Caspian littoral, operated semi-autonomously within the Safavid administrative structure for much of the dynasty's duration, and its local copper coinage reflects that ambiguity. Fulus issues from this region were produced for purely local exchange — silver and gold moved through imperial channels, copper stayed put — which is precisely why so few survived in collectible condition. They circulated hard and were rarely saved.
Album 3232 covers a loose grouping of Gilan fulus types, and attribution within the series remains contested due to inconsistent die cutting and the absence of reliable mint records from the provincial workshops.