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Fals - Abd al-Malik I ibn Nuh
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 954-961 |
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| Weight | 1.62 g |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND (954-961) |
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Abd al-Malik I ruled the Samanid amirate for just seven years before dying at around age seventeen, reportedly thrown from a horse during a polo match. Copper fals of this reign are substantially rarer than the dynasty's celebrated silver dirhams, which dominated trans-Oxus and Volga trade routes during this period — the silver coinage was the economic instrument, and copper served local markets in Transoxiana and Khurasan at a level that rarely attracted serious archival attention.