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Qanhari Dirham 'Damma' - Abu'l-Qasim
| Issuer | Sind |
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| Year | 1031-1059 |
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| Value | Damma (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Heavily stylized Arabic legends arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal line, occupying the central field of this small irregularly shaped flan. The script, characteristic of the debased Qanhari damma series, displays highly abstracted letterforms with pronounced triangular and circular elements, a hallmark of the local Sindhi hammered coinage tradition. The legends, though degraded in execution, retain the essential religious and titular formulae associated with the ruler Abu'l-Qasim. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with the crude hammered fabric typical of this series. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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