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Fals - al Zahir Barquq Hamah mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1390-1399 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1250-1517) |
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| Obverse description | Multi-line Arabic Naskh inscription filling the field, reading 'Duriba al-Malik al-Zahir bi-Hamah' (struck by al-Malik al-Zahir at Hamah), arranged in horizontal lines across the flan. The legend identifies the sultan and the mint city of Hamah. The die-struck text is bold but irregularly centered on the roughly-shaped flan, characteristic of Mamluk hammered copper coinage. The coin surface shows typical porosity and wear consistent with base-metal circulation issues of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Barquq was the first Burji (Circassian) sultan to rule the Mamluk Sultanate, seizing power in 1382 and navigating a brief but destabilizing deposition in 1389 before reasserting control — the years 1390–1399 represent his restored second reign. The Hamah mint had been a secondary provincial operation since the city's Ayyubid principality was absorbed into Mamluk territory in 1299, and copper fals from interior Syrian mints like this one circulated in tight regional loops, rarely traveling far from their point of issue.