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Fals - temp. al-Mansur Balkh

Issuer Abbasid Caliphate
Year 767
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Composition Copper
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Obverse description Irregular, flan struck in copper with a heavily worn and patinated surface displaying dark brown and olive-green toning. The obverse field bears multiple horizontal lines of Arabic Kufic script arranged in registers across the central area, though the legends are largely obscured by wear and encrustation. The flan is slightly ragged at the periphery, consistent with hand-hammered production at the Balkh mint during the early Abbasid period. No figural imagery is present, in accordance with the aniconic tradition of Abbasid coinage.
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Reverse lettering مما أمر حرب بن زياد المهدي ولي عهد المسلمين محمد بن أمير المؤمنين
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Mint Balkh
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