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Fals- temp. Abaqa Tiflis Mint - Type 2
| Issuer | Ilkhanate |
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| Year | 1262 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The Shahada (Islamic declaration of faith) inscribed in Arabic Kufic-style script, arranged horizontally across three lines within the field of the coin. The legend reads the full Kalima profession: 'There is no god but Allah alone, He has no associate.' The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, characteristic of hammered copper coinage of the Ilkhanate period. The inscription fills the entire field with no additional decorative border elements visible. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Abaqa Khan, who succeeded Hülegü in 1265, presents an immediate dating problem here — a 1262 issue attributed to his reign almost certainly belongs to the transitional administrative period when Ilkhanate coinage in Georgia continued under existing dies and mint authority while succession was consolidated. Tiflis operated as a regional mint with considerable autonomy under Georgian vassalage, and Type 2 classifications in this series typically reflect local die-cutting practices rather than centralized Tabriz production.