Fals - al Zahir Barquq Burji dynasty - Dimashq mint

Features

Issuer	Mamluk Sultanate (Islamic states)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	790 (1388)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	Æ Fals (1⁄60)
Currency	Burji dynasty - Dinar (1382-1517)
Composition	Copper
Weight	2.8 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 142745
References	Bal II# 562 Paul Balog; 1964. The Coinage of the Mamlûk Sultans of Egypt and Syria. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.

Obverse

In a circle, inscriptions on four lines comprising the title of the sultan.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
السلطان
الملك الظاهر
ابو سعيد سيف
الدنيا و الدين

Translation:
Sultan
King Zuhair
Abu Saied Saif
World and religion:
"To Sultan, to zero Zuhair Abu Saied Saif [...].
Since it is not real. "

Reverse

Inside a circle of points the name of the sultan; around the name of the workshop followed by the date in all letters. A circle followed by a grenetis border the whole.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
برقوق
الدنيا و الدين ضرب بدمشق سنة ثسعين وسبعماية

Translation:
[...] Barquq
al-dunya wa al-din duriba Dimashq sanat tis'in wa sebmi'at:
"The world and religion struck [this falsy] in Damascus in the year seven hundred and ninety [Hegira]".

Comments

First reign (1382–1389)
Second reign (1390–1399)

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Numista Rarity index: 93

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