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Pashiz / Fals - Farroxzad Arab-Sasanian

Issuer Umayyad Caliphate
Year 689-698
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse script Pahlavi
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Mintage ND (689-698)
Additional information

Farroxzad was one of the last Sasanian-style governors to mint under Arab authority before the Umayyad monetary reform of 698 swept away the hybrid coinage tradition entirely. These transitional copper fals retain the visual grammar of the Sasanian fire-temple reverses while bearing Arabic religious phrases — a material record of the awkward administrative overlap as Arab governors inherited Persian minting infrastructure they hadn't yet replaced.

The 698 reform, driven by Caliph Abd al-Malik, standardized coinage across the caliphate and effectively ended regional issues of this type.

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