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Fals - Nuh b. Nasr
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 943-954 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in horizontal registers, consistent with Samanid fals typology referencing the ruling amir Nuh b. Nasr and standard Islamic profession of faith formulae. The inscription is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a circular marginal legend in Arabic script. The coin surface shows characteristic green patination and minor die misalignment resulting from the hand-hammered striking process. No figurative motifs are present, in accordance with Islamic iconographic convention. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Nuh ibn Nasr inherited the Samanid throne at roughly eight years old in 943, with real power exercised by court factions and military commanders throughout much of his reign. Copper fals of this period were struck for intensely local exchange — the Samanids' economic prestige rested on their silver dirhams flooding the Volga trade routes, and the copper coinage was essentially left to individual city mints operating with minimal central oversight.
That administrative looseness produced considerable variation in fabric and execution across mints from Nishapur to Bukhara, and attribution of specific pieces to individual cities often depends more on find-site evidence than on legible mint names.