Inscriptions on three lines with the name of the sultan inside a dodecalobe.
Obverse script
Arabic
Obverse lettering
السلطان الملك
الظاهر بو سعيد
برقوق خلد ملكه (Translation: al-sultan al-malik al-Zahir bw Sayf Barquq Khalid milkah: `His majesty the Sultan, the ruler al-Zahir Sayf Barquq, the immortal`.)
Reverse description
Inscriptions on five lines with the workshop and date in all letters; in the center a chalice charged with a fleur-de-lys separating a part of the legend.
Reverse script
Arabic
Reverse lettering
ب بد
ضر مشق
a)ثمان و b) سنة
a) تسعين ست b) تسعين تسع
وسبعماية (Translation: Duriba bi Damascus City a) theman | wa b) sana a) tis`in | sitt b) tis`in tis wa sebmi`at: a) `Struck in Damascus, [in the year] seven hundred and ninety-eight, [an] six`. (b) `Struck in Damascus in the year seven hundred and ninety-nine`.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage
798 (1396) - Bal #591 (var a) - 799 (1397) - Bal #590 (var b) -