Fals - Salah-ad-Din Hajji II Dimashq Mint

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IssuerMamluk Sultanate
Year1389-1390
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Fals (1⁄60)
CurrencyDinar (1250-1517)
CompositionCopper
Weight3.1 g
Dimensions18 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Bal II#532-533
Obverse descriptionInscription containing the title and name of the sultan inside a circle divided by two horizontal lines; presence of a gnat.
Obverse script
Obverse letteringالمنصور السلطان الملك حاجى
(Translation: Al-Mansur Al-Sultan al-Malik Haji: `The victorious Sultan, the Haji ruler`.)
Reverse descriptionInscriptions on four lines presenting the name of the workshop, in a hexagram formed by two intertwined triangles, heads spades, and inscribed in the same circle; presence of a globule inside each end of the star. Registration starting at 1h and including the date in letters divided between the fields between the hexagram and the circle.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringب ضر مشق بد a) في|سنة|احدو|تسعين|وسبعما|ية b) في|سنة|اثنينو|تسعين|وسبعما|ية
(Translation: Duriba bi Dimashq: `Struck in Damascus`. Fi sanat ihda (a) / ithnatain (b) wa ti`sin wa sebmi`at: a) `In the year seven hundred and ninety-one [of the Hegira]`. (b) `In the year seven hundred and ninety-two [of the Hegira]`.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage791 (1389)  - Bal #532 (var a) -
792 (1390)  - Bal #533 (var b) -
Catalog ID1589276620
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