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ISLAMIC; Bahri Mamluk, AL-MANṢŪR 'ALĀ AL-DĪN 'ALI 778–783 AH. = 1377–1381 CE

 

AE Fals; 18.7 x 15.7 mm, 1.33 g, Tripoli mint nd

Balog 505. Border on both sides: circular line in circle of dots.

Field divided by two horizontal lines of dots.

ضرب طر /

لملك المنصور /

ابلس

Lion passant to left; tail, with knot in the middle, curled back.

L 929 (17, 2.27) Plate XIX, 505a. ANS (18, 2.35); (17, 2.16). Flagellation (18) Plate XIX, 505 b. München, two specimens. Jungfleisch (22, 4.36).

reference taken from http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan55713.


Towns underlined in blue are the mints for the three Mamluk Fals shown here. Map is the Mamluk lands c. 1330 CE, a generation or longer before the period covered by these coins.