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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.

ISLAMIC; Bahri Mamluk, AL-ASHRAF NĀṢIR AL-DĪN SHA'BĀN II 764–778 AH. = 1363–1377 CE


 AE Fals; 18 x 14 mm, 1.89 g, Hamah mint nd

Heraldic (lion to left)

Balog 464. As above, but lion on the reverse to left.

BMC 606,c (18) Plate XVII, 464a; 606, f (17). BM, L. A. Lawrence 1935 5–1–4; 5–1–5. L 1099 (2.08). ANS (15) Plate XVII, 464b.

 

الملك

الاشرف

Upper segment: بحماة

Lower segment: ضرب

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