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Fals - Anonymous Konya
| Issuer | Beylik of Karaman (Anatolian Beyliks) |
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| Year | 1310-1466 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized crescent or curved device accompanied by a pellet-bordered inner circle, with a short vertical element rising from within, consistent with the mint mark or symbolic ornament used on Karamanid anonymous copper fals. Around the design, a beaded border follows the irregular circumference of the flan. The Arabic mint inscription referencing Konya (قونية) appears in the field, identifying the place of striking. The surface is heavily patinated and worn, characteristic of base-metal circulation coinage of the Anatolian beyliks. |
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| Mint | Konya, Turkey |
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The Karamanids spent much of their existence in direct confrontation with the Ottomans, repeatedly seizing Konya and proclaiming it the rightful capital of a Turkic successor state to the Seljuks of Rum. Anonymous copper fals of this type circulated through that contested city across nearly a century and a half of shifting control — Konya changed hands between Karaman and Ottoman authority multiple times after 1468, when Mehmed II finally suppressed the beylik following the death of Ibrahim Bey.
The absence of a ruler's name on these pieces reflects standard Karamanid practice for low-denomination copper, and complicates attribution to any single reign within the dynasty's long arc.