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Fals - Yahya b. Asad
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 819-855 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by multiple lines of Arabic Kufic script arranged in horizontal registers within a beaded inner circle. The legend, typical of early Samanid coinage, carries religious formulae and the name of the issuing authority. An outer marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the field, separated from the central area by a beaded border. The overall composition reflects the aniconic epigraphic style characteristic of early Islamic copper coinage, with the script rendered in bold, angular Kufic characters. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Yahya ibn Asad governed Ferghana as the first substantive Samanid ruler in that region, appointed by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun as part of a deliberate policy of delegating Central Asian administration to cooperative local Muslim dynasties. Copper fals of this period were minted for purely local transaction use — the dirham economy operated at a different register entirely — meaning these pieces circulated hard through bazaar trade in the Syr Darya basin and survivors with any surface definition are genuinely scarce.