'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Saffah, AH 132-136 / AD 749-754. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 3.24 g, 11 h), Ardashir Khurra, AH 134 = AD 751/2. Within a circular chain border, in three lines: lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū lā / sharīka lahū (‘There is no deity but God alone; He has no associate’ in Arabic). Rev. Central field, in three lines: Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh (‘Muḥammad is the Messenger of God’ in Arabic). Margin: ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi-Ardashīr Khurra sana arbaʿ wa thalāthīn wa miʾa (‘This fals was struck in Ardashīr Khurra in the year 134’ in Arabic). Shamma 2. Album 317. Well struck for this type. Deposits and minor flan faults on the edge, otherwise, very fine.