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Fals - Nuh ibn Mansur
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 943-954 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | Obverse center: لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له Obverse margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس ببخارا سنة اربع و أربعين و ثلثمائة |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Nuh ibn Mansur is a name shared by two Samanid amirs, which creates persistent attribution confusion in the literature — the ruler active 943–954 is Nuh I, not to be confused with Nuh II who reigned 976–997. The Samanid copper fals occupied the lowest rung of a monetary hierarchy dominated by their celebrated silver dirhams, and was struck primarily for local bazaar transactions in Transoxiana and Khorasan where silver was too valuable for small exchange.
Samanid copper is frequently underdocumented relative to the silver series, and mint attribution for many fals issues remains unresolved without die studies.