Mamluk Sultanate Fals - Salah-ad-Din Hajji II, 791 – 792

Dimashq Mint

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Mamluk Sultanate Mamluk Sultanate
Currency Dinar (1250 – 1517)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination Æ Fals
Year 791 – 792
Ruler Hajji II (1381–1382)
Composition Copper
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Weight (g) 3.1
Diameter (mm) 18
Demonetized Yes

Description

Æ Fals from Mamluk Sultanate. Issued from 791 to 792. Struck in Copper. Measures 18 mm and weighs 3.1 g.

Obverse
Inscription containing the title and name of the sultan inside a circle divided by two horizontal lines; presence of a gnat. (Al-Mansur
Al-Sultan al-Malik
Haji:
"The victorious Sultan, the Haji ruler".)
Reverse
Inscriptions on four lines presenting the name of the workshop, in a hexagram formed by two intertwined triangles, heads spades, and inscribed in the same circle; presence of a globule inside each end of the star. Registration starting at 1h and including the date in letters divided between the fields between the hexagram and the circle. (Duriba
bi Dimashq:
"Struck in Damascus".
Fi sanat ihda (a) / ithnatain (b) wa ti'sin wa sebmi'at:
a) "In the year seven hundred and ninety-one [of the Hegira]".
(b) "In the year seven hundred and ninety-two [of the Hegira]".)

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage Comment Frequency
792 (1390)  Bal #533 (var b)
791 (1389)  Bal #532 (var a) 14%

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