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Fals - Yahya b. Asad
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 819-855 |
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| Currency | Dinar (819-999) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by multiple lines of Arabic Kufic script arranged in horizontal registers within a beaded inner circle. The legend, typical of early Samanid coinage, carries religious formulae and the name of the issuing authority. An outer marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the field, separated from the central area by a beaded border. The overall composition reflects the aniconic epigraphic style characteristic of early Islamic copper coinage, with the script rendered in bold, angular Kufic characters. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays multiple horizontal registers of bold Kufic Arabic script, typical of Abbasid-influenced Samanid fals coinage, bearing religious declarations and the name of the ruler Yahya b. Asad. The inscriptions are contained within a beaded inner border, with an additional marginal legend in Arabic Kufic script running along the outer rim. The die work is characteristic of hammered provincial copper coinage of the early 9th century, exhibiting some irregularity in strike consistent with the flan's uneven shape. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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