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A bronze fals of Bukhara with a fire altar tamgha Coin Type: Bronze Abbasid fals of Bukhara, 766 CE
Mint and Date: Bukhara, 766 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm, 1.85g
Obverse: Horizontal Arabic script inside dotted circle. Fire altar tamgha below. More script around the outside of that circle, another one surrounding it.
Reverse: Horizontal Arabic script inside dotted circle. Star below. More script around the outside of that circle, another one surrounding it.
Provenance: birtilla (eBay), September 2006
Ref: ?
BW Ref: 001 026 087
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The content of this page was last updated on 21 September 2006