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Fals square cartouche
| Issuer | Samarqand, City of |
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| Year | 1494-1496 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a square cartouche containing Arabic script legend in bold relief. Above the cartouche, a pronounced arched band is surmounted by a row of raised pellets arranged in a decorative register. The design is executed in the characteristic Central Asian Timurid hammered style, with angular and flowing letterforms characteristic of late 15th-century Samarqand coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-struck copper coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Samarqand |
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