Abbasid fals Khizanat Halab Aleppo AH 14x crescent type time of al-Mansur rare

Dynasty:
Abbasid Caliphate

Period:
Time of al-Mansur

Date:
AH 136–158 / AD 754–775

Denomination:
AE fals

Mint:
Khizanat Halab (Aleppo)

Date on coin:
AH 14x (partially off flan)

Reference:
cf. Shamma pp.90–92; cf. SICA Vol.2 1427–1432

Size:
19.5 mm

Weight:
1.99 g

Obverse:
Central inscription in three lines with the Islamic declaration of faith. Marginal legend naming the governor Salih bin ʿAli, reading partially: “Bismillah mimma amara bihi al-amir Salih bin ʿAli … akramahu Allah” (“In the name of God, by the command of the governor Salih bin ʿAli, may God honor him”).

Reverse:
“Muhammad rasul Allah” (“Muhammad is the messenger of God”) in three lines. Below the inscription appears an inverted crescent. Marginal legend reads “Dhuriba hadha al-fals … arbaʿin” (“This fals was struck … forty”), with the date partially off flan.

Description:
Early Abbasid copper coinage often recorded the names of provincial governors responsible for local administration. This issue was struck at Khizanat Halab (the treasury mint of Aleppo) during the early Abbasid period under the authority of the governor Salih bin ʿAli, a prominent Abbasid family member who governed Syria after the Abbasid revolution. Coins from this mint are scarce and historically significant, reflecting the early administrative structure of the Abbasid state in the Levant.

Condition:
Authentic early Islamic bronze coin with partial legends visible and typical early copper corrosion.