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| 正面描述 | Crude hammered field bearing multi-line Arabic calligraphic legend in a flowing, informal script typical of provincial Arabian coinage of the early nineteenth century. The inscription, occupying the majority of the flan, references the ruler Hamud. The die-work is irregular and the coin displays the characteristic uneven planchet shape of hand-struck billon issues from the Abu Arish Sheikhdom. |
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| 背面描述 | Reverse field featuring Arabic calligraphic inscriptions struck in a similarly crude hammered style, with the legend distributed across the surface of the irregular billon flan. The die alignment and strike are characteristic of local provincial mint production, with weak areas and flan irregularities consistent with hand-hammered coinage of the period. The script is informal and shows typical wear patterns of small-denomination billon circulation pieces. |
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| 附加信息 |
Abu ʽArish, a small sheikhdom in the Tihama coastal plain of present-day southwestern Saudi Arabia, issued coinage during a period of intense political turbulence — the region was caught between the expanding First Saudi State and the waning grip of the Ottoman-backed Zaydī Imamate of Yemen. These billon pieces circulated in a zone where monetary authority was genuinely contested, and the act of striking local coinage was itself a political assertion.
Billon of this fineness and weight from minor Arabian sheikhdoms survives poorly; the alloy corrodes readily in the coastal humidity of the Tihama.