Falus Anonymous

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Reverse description	Bold Persian-script legend in large, sprawling characters filling the entire field, reading 'كابل فلوس' (Kabul Falus), denoting the mint city of Kabul and the denomination. The inscription is struck in high relief on a roughly circular, irregular flan typical of hammered Afghan copper issues of the mid-13th century. Letter forms are cursive and somewhat roughly engraved, reflecting the artisanal nature of local mint production. The field shows no additional decorative elements, with the script alone dominating the design.
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Additional information	Kabul's anonymous copper falus issues of this period fall into the turbulent decades following the Mongol sack of 1221, when Genghis Khan's forces largely depopulated the city. Recovery was slow and administrative authority fragmented, which explains the anonymous attribution — no single ruling name was stable enough to put on the coinage. The city changed hands repeatedly between Mongol governors and local intermediaries throughout the mid-thirteenth century. The KM#77 / Album 3239 attribution places this within a loose regional grouping rather than a precise mint authority.