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Need help identifying Islamic Coin #91 (Ayyubid? / Mamluk?)

Started by kimo, January 12, 2025, 06:43:06 AM

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kimo

I purchased this ancient coin from ebay as Islamic (Ayyubid? / Mamluk?) Coin
and I need your help identifying it from what era and year and what is written on it
any information will be helpful
Ruler?
year?
Mint?
City?
Metal?
weight 1.5 g
Diameter 16 mm

Thanks

aws22

Dear kimo, your coin:
Mamluk Sultanate, Bahri dynasty, al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr, AH 742, AE Fals, Dimashq (Damascus) mint (AH 741-742 /1341-1341 AD)
Reverse (Left photo): Six-pointed star:
Field: mint:
ضرب  , duriba
بدمشق ,  bi-Dimashq (Damascus)
Obverse (Right photo): Six-pointed star:
Field: date:
سنة اثنين  , sanah ithnain
واربعين  , wa arba'in (743)
al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr (الملك المنصور سيف الدين أبو بكر), better known as al-Mansur Abu Bakr (المنصور أبو بكر), was a Bahri Mamluk Sultan of Egypt in 1341.
Please refer to your WoC post dated January 05, 2025:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,59127.msg374203.html#msg374203
Numista N#142520

Maythem
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kimo