Catalog
Fals - Anonymous
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 685-705 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the second part of the Islamic declaration of faith (Kalima) in Kufic Arabic script, arranged in multiple lines within a beaded circle. A pellet ornament is placed above the م in the first line and above the و in the second line. A star device is positioned in the field between the first and second lines of inscription, serving as a decorative and possibly mint-identifying element. The overall style is consistent with early Umayyad anonymous fulus struck during the late 7th to early 8th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (685-705) |
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The anonymous copper fals of the early Umayyad period occupies an awkward transitional moment: the caliphate had not yet committed to the purely epigraphic coinage Abd al-Malik would impose after 696–697, and local mints across Syria, Palestine, and Iraq were still producing imitative types drawing on Byzantine and Sasanian prototypes. The monetary reform of 696–697 that standardized the gold dinar and silver dirham largely bypassed copper, which remained semi-autonomous and locally administered for decades afterward.