Mamluk Sultanate Fals - al-Salih Isma'il, 743 – 746

Æ Fals from Mamluk Sultanate. Issued from 743 to 746. Struck in Copper. Measures 20 mm and weighs 3.6 g.

Obverse

Inscriptions with the title and name of the sultan inside a circle composed of globules and separated horizontally by two lines of globules. (Isma'ilal-Malik al-Salihbin Muhammad:"Isma'il, the virtuous ruler, son of Muhammad [I]".)

Reverse

Inscriptions containing the workshop and the date in words within a circle composed of globules and separated horizontally by two lines of globules. (Duriba bi Dimashqa) fi sanat thelath wa arba'in(b) fi sanat arba 'wa arba'inc) fi sanat sitt 'wa arba'inwa seb 'mi'at:"Struck in Damascus,a) In the year seven hundred and forty-three [of the Hijrah](b) In the year seven hundred and forty-four [of the Hijrah](c) In the year seven hundred forty-six [of the Hegira] ".)