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Fals - al-Nāṣir Muhammad I Trablus Mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1310-1341 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a lion passant or leaping to the left in low relief, a heraldic motif commonly associated with Mamluk amiral blazons. Above the lion appears a personified sun rendered as a face with radiate or stylized features, facing in reverse. The design is contained within a circular border. The execution is characteristic of hammered Mamluk copper coinage, with somewhat rough relief and an irregular flan. The composition reflects the heraldic artistic tradition prevalent in Mamluk Syria during the early fourteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Al-Nāṣir Muhammad ibn Qalawun ruled three separate times — deposed twice, restored twice — making his third reign (1310–1341) one of the longest and most administratively ambitious in Mamluk history. Copper fals from Trablus (Tripoli) in this period reflect the sultanate's tight grip on Syrian provincial minting after the city was razed by Qalawun in 1289 and rebuilt under direct Mamluk administration, replacing the Crusader commercial infrastructure entirely.
Provincial copper rarely traveled far, and Tripoli-mint fals circulated within a tightly bounded regional economy.