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Fals - Anonymous
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Irregular flan with heavily worn field displaying Arabic Kufic script in the central area. The legend reads 'بسم الله' (In the name of God), rendered in angular Kufic characters occupying the central field. The surface exhibits significant patination and wear consistent with circulation, with the flan showing characteristic irregular edges typical of Abbasid hammered copper coinage. No mint name or date is discernible on this face. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular flan with the central field bearing a bold Arabic Kufic inscription reading 'الحمد لله' (Praise be to God), the letters struck in relatively high relief against the darkly patinated copper field. The script is rendered in the angular Kufic style characteristic of early Abbasid anonymous copper coinage, with strokes showing moderate clarity despite the worn state of the flan. The edge is uneven and clipped in places, typical of hand-struck Islamic fals of the period. No mint name, caliph's name, or regnal date appears on this side. |
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Anonymous copper fulus were the workhorse coinage of Abbasid local economies, struck at dozens of provincial mints with little central oversight. The caliphal administration largely ignored copper denomination production, leaving regional governors and sometimes private entrepreneurs to fill the gap — which is why attribution of these pieces to specific mints remains contested even among specialists.
The absence of a caliph's name was not an oversight. It reflects the official Abbasid position that copper was beneath the dignity of formal caliphal issue.