Islamic coin – HCR13504

Obverse

Inscription:

الملك العادل / سيف الدين / ابو بكر بن ايوب

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

Inscription:

unreadable

Design:

two ducks or geese with intertwined necks in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Ayyūbid

Reign

al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I

Person

al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denomination

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

592-615 AH (=AD 1195-1219)

Note

doublestruck, and possibly overstruck on earlier type

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.83

Axis

Diameter (mm)

24.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn Collection

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Translation (obverse)

the King al-‘Ādil Sayf al-Dīn Abū Bakr b. Ayyūb

Secondary inscription (obverse)

مشق سنة

Translation (obverse)

[struck in] [D]imashq (in) the year xxx

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

unreadable

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 6 : 1017

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson