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Fals - Mansur I ibn Nuh
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 962-976 |
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| Reference(s) | A#1467 |
| Obverse description | The obverse presents an aniconic design in the established Samanid epigraphic tradition, with the central field occupied by three horizontal lines of bold Kufic script bearing the Shahada: 'There is no god except Allah, alone, He has no partner.' The central inscription is enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by a beaded border. The marginal legend, rendered in Kufic script, records the mint name Bukhara and the hijri year of issue, reading: 'In the name of Allah, this fals was struck at Bukhara, year four and fifty and three hundred.' The entire design is contained within an outer dentilated border typical of Samanid copper coinage. The fields show the characteristic irregular flan and uneven strike associated with hammered provincial coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse follows the same aniconic epigraphic convention, with the central field displaying four lines of Kufic script reading 'For Allah / Muhammad is the messenger of Allah / Mansur / Ibn Nuh,' asserting both dynastic authority and religious legitimacy. The central inscription panel is enclosed by a plain inner circle and a beaded border. The marginal legend carries a Quranic quotation from Surah Rum (30:4-5): 'To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah,' a formula commonly employed on Samanid fulus. The outer rim is defined by a dentilated border consistent with the obverse treatment, and the irregular flan exhibits characteristic die-shift and surface granularity associated with tenth-century hammered copper coinage from Transoxiana. |
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