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Fals - al-Manṣūr ʿAlī II Tarablus mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1377-1381 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this hammered copper fals presents an irregular, heavily worn field with fragmentary Arabic inscriptions in naskh script, largely obscured by wear and encrustation. Traces of a multi-line epigraphic arrangement are discernible across the flan, though individual letter forms are difficult to resolve with certainty. The flan is notably uneven, with characteristic tool marks and irregular edges typical of Mamluk provincial hammered coinage. A brownish-olive patina with green cuprite deposits covers the surface, attesting to long burial or circulation. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Al-Manṣūr ʿAlī II was a child sultan, elevated to the throne twice by competing Mamluk factions — first in 1377, then again briefly after being deposed and reinstated. His reigns were entirely nominal; real power rotated among the amir Barquq and rival commanders who would eventually sweep the Burji line into control of the sultanate by 1382. Copper fals from Tarablus during this period are poorly documented relative to Cairo output, and the Tripoli mint's activity under the late Bahri sultans was irregular at best.