Mamluken-Sultanat Fals - al Zahir Barquq, 798 – 799

Æ Fals aus Mamluken-Sultanat. Ausgegeben von 798 bis 799. Geprägt in Copper. Durchmesser 20 mm, Gewicht 3.7 g.

Avers

Inscriptions on three lines with the name of the sultan inside a dodecalobe. (al-sultan al-malikal-Zahir bw SayfBarquq Khalid milkah:"His majesty the Sultan, the ruler al-Zahir Sayf Barquq, the immortal".)

Revers

Inscriptions on five lines with the workshop and date in all letters; in the center a chalice charged with a fleur-de-lys separating a part of the legend. (Duriba biDamascus Citya) theman | wa b) sanaa) tis'in | sitt b) tis'in tiswa sebmi'at:a) "Struck in Damascus, [in the year] seven hundred and ninety-eight, [an] six".(b) "Struck in Damascus in the year seven hundred and ninety-nine".)