Mamluk Sultanate Fals - al Zahir Barquq, 1390 – 1399

Æ Fals from Mamluk Sultanate. Issued from 1390 to 1399. Struck in Copper. Measures 21 mm and weighs 2.18 g.

Obverse

Inside a circle separated horizontally by two double lines, the name of the workshop followed by the title of the sultan; presence of a grenetis. (Duriba bi Halab:"Hit in Aleppo."Al-Malik Al-Zahir [Sayf ad-Din Barquq]:"The ruler, Al-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq."Azz nasrahu:"May his victory be glorious.")

Reverse

Inside a circle, a beast with a tied tail surmounted by a chalice; presence of globules in the fields and a gnat.