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Fals - al Zahir Barquq Hamah mint
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1397 |
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| Shape | Irregular |
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| Obverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered copper flan displaying a multi-line Arabic legend in Naskhi script occupying the central field. The inscription reads the royal titulature of Sultan al-Zahir Barquq, identifying him as Sultan and sovereign of the Mamluk realm. The surface is heavily patinated with an olive-green and brown encrustation typical of long-buried copper coinage, with the raised lettering remaining partially legible despite surface corrosion. The flan edges are characteristically uneven, reflecting the hand-struck production methods standard for Mamluk fractional copper coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Irregularly shaped reverse field bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in Naskhi script arranged in horizontal registers across the flan. The inscription records the mint city of Hamah (ضرب بحماة), followed by the pious funerary phrase 'كفى بالموت وعظا' ('Death suffices as a reminder'), and the date expressed in words as the year seven hundred and ninety-nine AH (سنة تسع تسعين, i.e. 799 AH / 1397 CE). The surface carries a thick olive-green patina consistent with extended burial, and the flan edges are ragged and irregular as typical of Mamluk hammered copper issues. The lettering, though partially obscured by corrosion, retains sufficient relief to confirm the attribution. |
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| Mint | Hamah |
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