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Fals - Anonymous Sijistan
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 750-1258 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays a multi-line Arabic religious inscription in Kufic script, centrally positioned within the coin's field. The legends are arranged in horizontal registers typical of early Abbasid fulus coinage, with the text occupying the majority of the flat, roughly circular flan. The epigraphy is characteristic of anonymous Abbasid provincial issues, featuring Islamic invocations. The field shows the irregular, slightly uneven surface typical of hammered copper coinage from the Sijistan mint region. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a decorative design featuring a central motif surrounded by pellets or annulets arranged in a circular pattern, consistent with provincial Abbasid fulus types from Sijistan. Small ornamental elements radiate from the central device, framed by a circular border of dots or ring-and-pellet embellishments. The design is characteristic of the informal artistic style employed at eastern Abbasid provincial mints during the 8th through 13th centuries. The flan edges are irregular, reflecting the hand-struck hammered technique typical of copper coinage of this period. |
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