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Fals - al-Nâsir Hasan Hamah mint, hexafoil type with date
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1351-1361 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of irregular copper flan bearing a two-line Arabic mint and authority legend within a hexafoil or lobed cartouche, surrounded by pellets or dotted border elements visible at the periphery. The central legend reads 'Duriba bi-Hamah' (Struck in Hamah), identifying the issuing mint. The field is worn but retains legible Arabic characters in low hammered relief. Peripheral details including dots and crescents are partially visible along the irregular border, consistent with the Bal II#A905B type for this emission. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Al-Nâsir Hasan ruled twice — deposed as a teenager in 1351, then restored in 1354 before his second reign ended with his murder in 1361, almost certainly on orders from the amir Yalbugha al-Khassaki. Copper fals of this period were minted locally with considerable variation in type, and the hexafoil format at Hamah reflects regional die-cutting practice rather than any central Cairene directive. Hamah had been a Mamluk provincial center since the absorption of its Ayyubid principality in 1299, and its mint produced independently styled copper well into the mid-fourteenth century.