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Fals Anonymous Lion and Sun type
| Issuer | Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkmen Confederation) |
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| Year | 1469 |
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| Reference(s) | A#2563A |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The central device consists of the dynastic tamgha of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation, rendered within a plain circular border that delineates the inner field from the surrounding legend. The tamgha appears as a rectilinear geometric emblem, a tribal mark unique to the White Sheep Turkmen rulers, struck in low relief. An Arabic legend in Kufic script encircles the tamgha in the outer margin, partially legible due to the irregular and porous nature of the copper flan. The overall style is consistent with anonymous provincial copper coinage of the late fifteenth century Aq Qoyunlu period. |
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The Aq Qoyunlu reached their political apex under Uzun Hasan, who in 1469 decisively defeated and killed the Timurid sultan Abu Sa'id at the Battle of Qarabagh, effectively ending Timurid control over western Persia. Anonymous copper fals of this type — carrying no ruler name — were a deliberate administrative convenience, allowing the coins to circulate across a fragmented confederation where tribal and dynastic legitimacy shifted faster than dies could be re-cut. The lion-and-sun device itself had deep pre-Islamic Persian roots, periodically revived by successive Iranian dynasties as a claim to regional legitimacy rather than any specific ruler's authority.