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Fals - Khusrau Kerdery area
| Issuer | Kerder district |
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| Year | 712 |
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| Weight | 1.8 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a distinctive Ψ-shaped tamga, a dynastic emblem of the Kerder rulers, rendered in relief against a flat ground. The tamga is composed of three upward-rising prongs above a horizontal bar, forming a trident-like symbol. The device is surrounded by a circular legend in Khwarezmian script, the letters arranged around the inner border of the coin. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edges, typical of hammered copper issues from this region and period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued in the Kerder district of Khwarazm around the time of the Arab conquest of the region, this copper fals occupies an awkward transitional moment — local Khwarazmian dynasts continued striking their own coinage even as Qutayba ibn Muslim's campaigns were dismantling the old order across Transoxiana. The Arab administration initially tolerated regional copper issues as a practical necessity, silver dirhams being the instrument of imperial taxation rather than local exchange.