Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Fals - Lajin al-Mansur Husam al-Din Dimashq
| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
|---|---|
| Year | 696-698 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central field enclosed by an inner circle formed by two concentric parallel lines, bearing an Arabic inscription. A circular marginal legend surrounds the inner circle, containing additional titulature or mint and date information in Arabic script. The overall layout follows the standard Mamluk fals format for Damascus mint issues of the reign of al-Mansur Lajin (AH 696–698). The hammered strike has resulted in uneven distribution of detail across the flan. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (696-698) |
| Additional information |
Husam al-Din Lajin came to power in 696 AH through assassination — he was among the conspirators who murdered his predecessor al-Ashraf Khalil in 693 AH, then seized the throne for himself three years later. His reign lasted barely two years before he was killed in turn by his own amirs in 698 AH, making copper issues from this sultanate among the shorter-dated Mamluk fals sequences. The Damascus mint remained active through the political violence without interruption.