Fals - Yusuf ibn 'Abd Allah al-Shash
Features
| Issuer |
Qarakhanid dynasty ›
United Qarakhanid Khaganate (840-1041)
 |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority |
Yusuf ibn 'Abd Allah (1004-1006, 1012-1014)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1004-1014 |
| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
| Currency | Dinar (840-1212) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Weight | 1.97 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 92541 |
| References | Zeno cat# 4110 Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/) , Album Islamic# 3306A Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States. |
Obverse
(en) Snow leopard standing right, head turned left
Script: arabski
Reverse
(en) Citing Yusuf in small letters in field, and further citing him as al-amir al-jalil Yusuf bin 'Abd Allah in margin
Script: arabski
Mint
Ma'dan al-Shash, modern-day Tashkent, UzbekistanComments
(en)
The relationship of the individual “Yusuf b. ‘Abd Allah” to the rest of the Qarakhanid Dynasty is unknown, perhaps a local governor.
This coin approximately represents the midpoint of a fascinating evolution of “Snow Leopards of Chach”, an historical progression of coins depicting snow leopards, made in the Sogdian city of Chach (Islamic: al-Shash), modern day Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This style of coinage was first made under the autonomous rulers of Chach in around the VII-VIII centuries AD. This coin comes a couple hundred years after that, and is followed by anonymous civil copper issues of Tashkent in the XVII-XVIII centuries AD.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1004-1006) | (en) AH 396, 1st reign | 67% | |||||||||||||
| ND (1012-1014) | (en) AH 403-405, 2nd reign | 50% | |||||||||||||
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