Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Fals - Anonymous Bukhara
| Issuer | Timurid Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1370-1507 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a six-petalled rosette with the Bukhara mint epithet inscribed at its centre, rendered in Arabic script. The rosette is enclosed within a decorative border of interlocking geometric or foliate segments forming a wreath-like inner circle. Arabic legends in the Naskh tradition occupy the surrounding field, with additional inscriptions distributed between the petals. The flan is irregular and slightly off-centre, as typical of Timurid hammered copper coinage. The overall design reflects the characteristic geometric-decorative style employed at the Bukhara mint during the Timurid period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears an Arabic-script date inscription occupying the central field, written in abjad or standard Arabic numeral notation, partially legible due to the worn and irregular flan. Surrounding the date, additional fragmentary Arabic legends are visible in the field, consistent with Timurid formulaic inscriptions. The die work is bold but unevenly struck, with areas of weak impression at the periphery characteristic of hand-hammered copper fulus. Pellet stops or decorative dots appear at intervals between inscription elements. The overall layout reflects the anonymous civic copper coinage tradition of Bukhara under Timurid suzerainty. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |