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Fals - '1/2 Dangi' - Timur

Emittent Timurid Empire
Jahr 1370-1405
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Form Round (irregular)
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Reversbeschreibung Central device features a prominent trefoil or tri-lobed geometric ornament composed of three interlocking circular motifs, each with a central dot or pellet, arranged within a stylized foliate or interlace design. This decorative scheme is characteristic of Timurid copper fals and likely served as a mint or workshop emblem. Fragmentary Arabic marginal legend surrounds the central device in the outer field, partially obscured by the irregular flan edge and surface corrosion. The overall composition is bold and deeply struck, with strong relief on the geometric elements despite the worn state of the coin.
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Timur's copper coinage has long been treated as an afterthought beside his silver tangas, but the fals circulated where silver didn't — in markets, at city gates, among the craftsmen rebuilding Samarkand after he made it his capital in 1370. The half-dangi denomination served the daily arithmetic of bazaar trade across Transoxiana and Khorasan for the full thirty-five years of his campaigns.

Attribution within this series is complicated by the decentralized nature of Timurid minting, with multiple cities — Samarkand, Bukhara, Herat, Balkh — striking copper concurrently under varying local supervision and without consistent dating.