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Fals - Anonymous citing al-Amīr Ismāʿīl

Fals - Anonymous (citing al-Amīr Ismāʿīl) - obverseFals - Anonymous (citing al-Amīr Ismāʿīl) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Abbasid Caliphate
Caliph Al-Saffah (أبو العباس عبد الله السفاح) (750-754)
Al-Mansur (أبو جعفر المنصور) (754-775)
Type Standard circulation coins
Composition Copper
Weight 3.13 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
558687

Obverse

Script: Arabic (kufic)

Lettering:
لا اله
الا الله
وحده

Translation: There is no deity except God alone.

Reverse

Script: Arabic (kufic)

Lettering:
محمد
رسول
الله

بسم الله أمر الأمير إسماعيل أعز الله نصره

Translation:
Muhammad
The Messenger
Of God

In the name of God. By order of the Amīr Ismāʿīl. May God grant him victory.

Comments

Copper fals struck in al-Mawṣil under the authority of al-Amīr Ismāʿīl during the early Abbasid period, under the caliphs al-Saffāḥ and al-Manṣūr. The coin bears the Islamic declaration of faith and names the local governor in the margin

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