Fals - In name of al-Abbas ibn Muhammad

Features

Issuer	Abbasid Caliphate
Caliph	Al-Mansur (أبو جعفر المنصور) (754-775)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	754-766
Value	1 Fals (1⁄60)
Currency	Dinar (750-1517)
Composition	Copper
Weight	4.8 g
Diameter	22.4 mm
Thickness	1.9 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 437957
References	Album Islamic# 304 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States. , Zeno cat# 6385 Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/)

Obverse

Central three line inscription, additional inscription surrounding.

Script: Arabic

Unabridged legend:
lā ilāh-a / illā Allāh / waḥdahū
amara al-amīr al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad aʿadda Allāh bi qadrihī

Translation:
(Center): There is no deity but Allah, the One
(Around): Ordered [to be struck] Governor al-Abbas ibn Muhammad, may Allah reward him

Reverse

Central three line inscription, additional mint inscription surrounding.

Script: Arabic

Unabridged legend:
Muḥammad rasūl Allāh
bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi al-Jazira

Translation:
(Center): Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic
(Around): In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in the Jazira

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