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Fals
| Issuer | Samarqand, City of |
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| Year | 1427-1429 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Arabic numeral legend occupying the central field, recording the regnal or Hijri year of issue. The inscription is rendered in bold, somewhat angular script characteristic of Timurid copper fals coinage, arranged across multiple lines within the field. The strike is uneven, as typical of hammered copper issues, with portions of the legend showing variable depth of relief. Decorative dots or pellets serve as word dividers within the inscription. The irregular flan edges are clearly visible around the periphery. |
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| Mint | Samarqand |
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Samarqand in the 1420s was still operating under the long shadow of Timur, though by this point his son Shah Rukh controlled the eastern Timurid domains from Herat while Ulugh Beg governed Samarqand as governor — a relationship that was politically functional but perpetually tense. The city's copper coinage from this window reflects local administrative independence; fals issues were struck to meet small-transaction demand that silver tanga could not practically serve.
Zeno 21600 documents this piece within a series where attribution to specific regnal years remains contested among specialists, the 1427–1429 bracket reflecting the outer limits of current scholarly consensus rather than a confirmed date.