Fals - al-Ashraf Sha'ban II Halab mint

Al-Ashraf Sha'ban II came to power as a child of around seven years old in 1363, with the sultanate administered by competing amirs for much of his early reign. His eventual attempt to assert independent authority — including a pilgrimage to Mecca that his emirs read as a bid to consolidate popular legitimacy — contributed directly to their decision to have him strangled in 1377. Copper fals from the Halab mint during this reign are provincially struck and show considerable variation in die alignment and flan preparation, consistent with the administrative fragmentation of the period.