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Fals - Akhsitan II
| Issuer | Shirvanshah dynasty |
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| Year | 1243-1260 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan displaying Arabic inscription in the central field, executed in a bold, somewhat crude Kufic or Naskh script typical of medieval Caucasian coinage. The legend, partially legible due to the irregular planchet and surface corrosion, likely contains a religious formula or the ruler's name. The field shows characteristic green patination and surface roughness consistent with hammered copper coinage of the Shirvanshah period. The design is contained within a roughly circular border, the edges of which are uneven owing to the hand-struck nature of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Akhsitan II ruled Shirvan as a vassal under Mongol suzerainty following the Ilkhanate's consolidation of the Caucasus after 1243, the year the Mongols effectively subjugated the region following their destruction of the Seljuk forces at Köse Dağ. Copper fals issued under his name reflect a local administrative continuity the Mongols deliberately preserved — client dynasties were permitted to strike low-denomination coinage to maintain bazaar economies while silver and gold remained under Ilkhanid control.
The Shirvanshah line had survived Mongol conquest through rapid submission, a pragmatism that bought them another two centuries of nominal rule.