Fals - al-Nāṣir Muhammad I Trablus Mint

Fals - al-Nāṣir Muhammad I (Trablus Mint) - obverseFals - al-Nāṣir Muhammad I (Trablus Mint) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Mamluk Sultanate
Sultan Muhammad I (1293-1294; 1299-1309; 1310-1341)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 741 (1341)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value Æ Fals (1⁄60)
Currency Dinar (1250-1517)
Composition Copper
Weight 2.25 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
142377
References Bal II# 240
Paul Balog; 1964. The Coinage of the Mamlûk Sultans of Egypt and Syria. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.

Obverse

Inscriptions presenting the name of the sultan on two (a) or three lines (b) in a hexagram formed by two interlaced triangles, spade heads, and inscribed in the same circle; a globule between each ray of this star, presence of a grenetis.Automatically translated

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
الملك
الناصر

Translation:
Al-Malik
al-Nasir:
"Sovereign Al-Nasir [Muhammad]".

Reverse

Inscriptions on three lines comprising the name of the workshop followed by the date in all letters in a hexagram formed by two intertwined triangles, spade heads, and inscribed in the same circle; a globule between each ray of this star, presence of a grenetis.Automatically translated

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
طرابلس
احدوار
بعين

Translation:
Tarabulus
Ihda wa arba'in:
"[Struck at] Tripoli, [in the year seven hundred] forty-one [of the Hijrah]".

Comments

First reign (1293-1294)
Second reign (1299-1309)
Third reign (1310-1341)

Two variants listed for this coin:
a) Name of the sultan inscribed on two lines, number "one" written "Hd".
b) Name of the sultan inscribed on three lines, number "one" written "Ihd".

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
741 (1341)  Third reign (var a)
741 (1341)  Third reign (var b)

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