Islamic coin – HCR14510

Obverse

Inscription:

Arslan/Khan in Uighur

Design:

pellet centre with crescent around and triangle of pellets to left and right, Uighur inscription above and below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Inscription:

لله / ارسلان خان / احمد بن الحسن

Design:

Aabic inscription in field with upturned crescent above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Qarākhānids

Reign

Manṣūr b. ‘Alī, (Qarākhānid)

Person

Manṣūr b. ‘Alī, (Qarākhānid), 1013 - 1024 (ruler/authority) , Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan (Qarākhānid) (stated authority)

Mint

al-Kushānī (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

413 AH (=AD 1022-1023)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.736

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Secondary inscription (obverse)

بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس بالخشانا سنة ثلث عشرئة (كذا)

Translation (obverse)

in the name of God, this fals struck in al-Kushānī (in the) year 413

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

for God, Arslān Khān, Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan

Secondary inscription (reverse)

لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله

Translation (reverse)

there is no god but God alone, He has no associate, Muḥammad is the messenger of God

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 8 : 332

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson