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Falus - Floral design - Anonymous

Features

Issuer City of Herat (Afghan Cities)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 899 (1494)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Falus (1⁄64)
Currency Local Rupees (1747-1891)
Composition Copper
Weight 3.04 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
540426
References Album Islamic# 3186
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.
, Zeno cat# 6194
Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/)

Obverse

Mint and date. On this example, the last "9" is recut over the "8".

Reverse

Floral Design.

Mint

هراة Herat, Afghanistan

Comments

Stephen Album's Checklist of Islamic Coins designates this coin as “Common” (C) and notes:  “Nearly always undated, struck occasionally from the 780s to the 840s, then virtually every year from about 850 until 913.  A few are found countermarked beh bud, as on the silver tanka # 2437 (RRR).”

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Falus - Floral design - AnonymousPicture 1 of a sold Falus - Floral design - Anonymous
Stephen Album
Internet Auction 12
Lot 422
Internet Archive
1 Nov 2021 VF USD 90.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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