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ISLAMIC/Bahri Mamluks; an-Nasir Muhammad I AH 709-741/ AD 1310-1341

AR Fractional Dirham, 16mm, 1.84 g, 1h, no visible mint or date

Album 921 (R)
Balog 212

O: Sultans names and patronymic
R: Kalima

Note found on dealer site:
The rare fractional dirhams were minted with the technique of the Fatimid “black” dirhams. They were struck on insufficiently heated pieces cut from a narrow silver ribbon. The resulting coins vary in size and weight with only the center portion of the legends on the flan and virtually always lacking the mint and date.