Islamic coin to identify: Bahri Mamluk, AE Fals al-Ashraf Nasir al-Din Sha'ban II

[capnbirdseye]

Presumably this is silver but parts appear rather coppery so more like billon than silver
2.69g,  19m

[aws22]

Dear Vic, your coin:
Mamluk, Bahri dynasty, al-Ashraf Nasir al-Din Sha'ban II, AH 7XX, AE Fals, mint? (AH 764–778/1363–1377 AD)
Reverse (Left photo):
......... , (date)
ضرب ب......سنه  , duriba bi-....., sanah (mint not visible)
السلطان الملك الاشرف  , al-Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf
ناصر الدنيا والدين شعبان  , Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din Sha'ban
 بن حسن بن الملك الناصر  , bin Hasan bin al-Malik al-Nasir
وسبعماية ........ , ........ wa saba' mi'a (7XX)
Obverse (Right photo):
الله  , Allah
وما النصر الا  من عند  , wa ma al-Nasr illa min 'ind
لا اله الا الله محمد , La Ilaha Illa Allah, Muhammad
رسول الله ارسله بالهدى  , Rasul Allah arsalahu bi'l-huda
ودين الحق ليظهره على  ,  wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu 'ala
الدين كله  ,  al-din kullihi
al-Ashraf Zayn al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Sha'ban ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (الأشرف زين الدين شعبان, lit. 'The Most Noble, Grace of the Faith, Father of Excellence, Sha'ban son of Hasan, son of Muhammad, son of Qalawun', better known as al-Ashraf Sha'ban السلطان شعبان or Sha'ban II), was a Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty in 1363–1377. He was a grandson of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad

Maythem

[capnbirdseye]

Thank you Maythem,

I think that this coin must have been silver washed sometime in the past as in hand it clearly shows some silver here and there, an ancient attempt to pass it off as a Dirham