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please help me to identify this islamic bronze coin (2)

Started by alexcoins, August 29, 2024, 09:11:30 AM

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alexcoins

Bronze   Weight  g.2  Diameter mm.17

Thanks

Sandro

jkk

I suspect that the first image needs to rotate 180 degrees. On the second, the crossed flattened circles should be fairly diagnostic.
Jonathan

aws22

Thank you Jonathan, for the coin ID:
Dear Sandro, your coin in details:
Malmuks, Bahri dynasty, al-Ashraf Nasir al-Din Sha'ban II, Date?, AE Fals, Hamah mint (AH 764–778 /1363–1377 AD)
Obverse (Left photo):
Above: بحماة  , bi-Hamah
Center:
Shark, body bent downwards.
Underneath: ضرب  , zarb
Reverse (Right photo):
Center:
knot symbol
Margin: Clockwise circular legend:
السلطان الملك الاشرف
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 Husayn, 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. He had two sons (out of a total of eight) who succeeded him: al-Mansur Ali and as-Salih Hajji.
Hamah (حَمَاة ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located 213 km north of Damascus and 46 kilometres north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate.

Maythem
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