Islamic coin – HCR14124

Obverse

Inscription:

قانصوه

Design:

illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within linear and pointillate square centre

Reverse

Inscription:

. . . . / الملك / الاشرف . . . / الغوري

Design:

Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in pointed quatrefoil centre

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Mamlūk

Reign

al-Ashraf Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī

Person

al-Ashraf Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, 1501 - 1506 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denomination

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

circa 906-922 AH (=AD 1501-1516)

Note

overstruck on an earlier coin

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

6.6

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.9

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)

. . . Qānṣūh

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

. . . the King al-Ashraf . . . al-Ghūrī

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 6 : 1575

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson