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Need help identifying Islamic Coin #96 (Ayyubid? / Mamluk?)

Started by kimo, January 13, 2025, 08:55:29 PM

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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 2.4 g
Diameter 18 mm
Thanks

aws22

Dear kimo, your coin:
Mamluk Sultanate, Bahri dynasty, al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr, AH 741, AE Fals, Dimashq (Damascus) mint (AH 741-742 /1341-1341 AD)
Reverse (Left photo):
Thick circular line. Inside, linear hexagram; pellet in the external angles:
أحد  , ahad
سنة و  , sanah wa
أربعين  , araba'in (741)
Obverse (Right photo):
Thick circular line. Inside, linear hexagram; pellet in the external angles:
ضرب 
مشق
بد
ضرب بدمشق  , duriba bi-Dimishq (Damascus)
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 WoC post January 05, 2025, coin #81:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=59127.0

Maythem
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