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The reverse is likewise entirely epigraphic, displaying four lines of Kufic Arabic script in the central field, containing the Quranic verse Surah Al-Ikhlas (112) and the Risala formula attesting to the Prophethood of Muhammad. A circular marginal legend band surrounds the central inscription, enclosed between a beaded border and an outer plain linear ring. The flan is irregularly shaped and shows a chip at the lower right, consistent with the coin's hammered manufacture. The bold, angular Kufic letterforms are characteristic of the Umayyad reformed coinage of the late 1st century AH. The flat, aniconic design adheres strictly to the epigraphic dirham standard established by Abd al-Malik's monetary reform of AH 79. |
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Tokharistan (Tukharistan) |
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Abd al-Malik's coinage reform of 696–698 AD was one of the most consequential monetary decisions in early Islamic history, replacing Sasanian-derived imagery with purely epigraphic designs — a deliberate break with pre-Islamic visual tradition. Tukharistan, the region straddling what is now northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, sat deep in the contested eastern frontier where Arab administrative control was still consolidating. Local issues from this region frequently diverge from the reformed metropolitan standard, and Album 126 pieces from Tukharistan are considerably scarcer than their Iraqi counterparts.