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Buqsha - al-Mahdi 'Abd Allah
| Issuer | Yemeni Zaidi State |
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| Year | 1818-1834 |
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| Weight | 1 g |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing multiple lines of Arabic script arranged horizontally across the flan, typical of Yemeni Zaidi billon coinage of the early nineteenth century. The legends, struck on an irregular planchet, occupy the full face of the coin with little remaining field visible. The script is boldly raised but irregularly distributed due to the hand-struck technique, with portions of the legend occasionally running off the flan edge. The overall style is characteristic of provincial Islamic hammered coinage, with no decorative border or additional ornamental devices. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field displays further Arabic inscriptions arranged in horizontal lines across the irregular flan, consistent with standard Zaidi Islamic epigraphic coinage practice. A faint horizontal dividing line separates the upper and lower legend areas, a common compositional device on Yemeni buqsha issues of this period. The strike is characteristic of hand-hammered production, resulting in uneven relief and partial legend weakness toward the flan edges. No figurative devices, borders, or mint marks are discernible, in keeping with the aniconic tradition of Zaidi monetary production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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