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Fals - al-'Adil Kitbugha
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1295-1297 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1250-1517) |
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| Obverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered copper flan bearing a central Arabic inscription in two lines reading الملك العادل ('al-Malik al-'Adil', meaning 'the Just King'), the royal epithet of Sultan Kitbugha. The legend is rendered in a bold Naskhi-style script typical of late 13th-century Mamluk coinage. The field is plain and unadorned, with no border or marginal legend. The die is slightly off-center, consistent with hand-struck production of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of this hammered copper fals displaying a central Arabic inscription in two lines reading مولانا السلطان ('Mawlana al-Sultan', meaning 'Our Lord the Sultan'), a common Mamluk honorific formula. The script is executed in a bold, somewhat angular Naskhi hand characteristic of Mamluk bronze coinage of the late 13th century. The flan is irregular in shape with a rough, granular surface texture typical of base-metal issues of this series. No mint name or date is discernible on this face. |
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