Anonymous copper fals from Halab (Aleppo) present one of the more vexing attribution problems in Abbasid numismatics — the deliberate omission of the caliph's name was not standardized practice but rather reflects the fractured administrative reality of provincial minting, where local governors and military strongmen periodically controlled the dies without sanction from Baghdad.
Anonymous copper fals from Halab (Aleppo) present one of the more vexing attribution problems in Abbasid numismatics — the deliberate omission of the caliph's name was not standardized practice but rather reflects the fractured administrative reality of provincial minting, where local governors and military strongmen periodically controlled the dies without sanction from Baghdad.