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Fals - 'Ilkhan' Hulagu Khan
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1256-1265 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1256-1388) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field carries a multi-line Arabic inscription in the central area, recording the name and titles of the Ilkhan ruler Hulagu Khan alongside the mint name Irbil (Arbil) and the date formula. The legend reads in the characteristic Ilkhanid administrative style, attributing sovereignty to the Great Khan. A circular marginal legend surrounds the central inscription, divided from it by a single linear border. The flan exhibits the same irregular, roughly scalloped outline as the obverse, with heavy cuprite and verdigris encrustation partially obscuring some letterforms. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Hulagu Khan's western campaigns culminated in the 1258 sack of Baghdad — the destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate after five centuries — yet his coinage administration in the newly formed Ilkhanate remained deeply unsettled throughout his reign. Copper fals of this period were locally struck to fill immediate transactional needs, with minting authority fragmented across conquered cities still adjusting to Mongol overlordship. The early Ilkhanid monetary system had no coherent framework yet; that would come only under successors.
Diler's attribution places this among the earliest identifiable Ilkhanid copper issues, predating any serious attempt at standardized provincial mint control.