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Fals - temp. al-Mansur Jabal al-Fidda
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 754-775 |
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| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Kufic Arabic legend presenting a portion of the Shahada (declaration of faith), arranged in horizontal registers within a plain inner circle. A secondary circular legend in the margin records the mint name Jabal al-Fidda and the regnal year AH 155, separated by decorative elements. The entire design is enclosed by an outer dotted border typical of Abbasid copper coinage of the mid-second century AH. The script is rendered in an early angular Kufic style, characteristic of provincial Abbasid fals production under al-Mansur. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحدو بسم الله دريبا هذا الفلس بجبل الفضة سناء خمس وخمسين ومياه (Translation: There is no deity but Allah, the One In the name of Allah, This fals was struck in Jabal al-Fidda in the year 155 in Arabic) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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