Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Mamluks. al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad I, AH 693-4, 698-708, 709-41 / AD 1293-4, 1299-1309, 1310-41. Fals (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.77 g, 1 h), third reign, Hama, AH 709-741 = 1310-1341. Mihrab (prayer niche of a mosque) placed on two columns with a mosque lamp hanging from the mihrab. Rev. Mint name 'hama' in Arabic within central circle; around, 'al-Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Nasir al-Dunya wa'l-Din' ('the Sultan, the Victorious King, Defender of the World and the Faith' in Arabic). Balog, Mamluk, 241. Rare. Struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.