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5 Pounds Citadel of Aleppo
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية السورية ١٤١٦ - ١٩٩٦ (Translation: Syrian Arab Republic AD1996 - AH1416) |
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| Reverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية السورية ٥ خمس ليرات سورية (Translation: Syrian Arab Republic 5 Five Syrian Pounds) |
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The Citadel of Aleppo, one of the oldest and largest medieval fortresses in the world, had been a continuous habitation site for at least four millennia before Syria began featuring it on coinage. This 1996 issue appeared during a period when the Assad government was systematically promoting pre-Islamic and Islamic heritage sites on circulating currency — a calculated cultural policy during a decade of relative internal stability before the country's later catastrophic upheaval.