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Fals - Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 694-714 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Reverse description | Plain, largely featureless reverse with a heavily worn and corroded surface typical of lead fals coinage of the early Umayyad period. Faint traces of what may be a secondary inscription or device are visible in the central field, though extensive surface degradation renders precise identification impossible. The flan is irregular in shape with a rough, pitted texture consistent with cast lead production methods. |
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| Mintage | ND (694-714) |
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Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, governor of Iraq under Abd al-Malik and then al-Walid I, oversaw one of the most consequential monetary reforms in early Islamic history — the 696–698 AD transition away from Byzantine and Sasanian coin types toward purely epigraphic Arabic coinage. Lead fals of this attribution circulated at the local level in Iraq where silver dirhams were too valuable for small transactions. Al-Hajjaj was also personally responsible for suppressing the revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath, whose forces briefly controlled the Iraqi mints around 701–702 AD.