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Ayyubid. Branch at Halab/Aleppo. al-Nasir Yusuf II (Emir of Syria, 634-658 A.H. = 1236-1260 A.D.)Album 845; Balog 760
AE fals; Halab/Aleppo mint, dated 655 A.H. = A.D. per Balog but undated per Album: 2.53 g., 24.61 mm. max., 180°
Obv.: Circular line border in a dotted circle, within which there is a square in dotted square; border segment inscription and al-Malik / al-Nasir in center.
Rev.: Circular line border in a dotted circle, within which there is a square in dotted square; border segment inscription and al-Imam / al-Musta'sim in center.
Attribution courtesy of newcoins and legends courtesy of mazdaro.Stkp02/25/19 at 16:57quadrans: Nice one
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Seljuq of Rum. Sultan Ala ad-Din Kayqubad I b. Kaykhusraw (616-634 A.H = 1220-1237 A.D.), citing Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur al-Mustansir (623-640 A.H. = 1226-1242 A.D.)Album 1213.3; Izmirlier __; Album 1213.3
AE fals (inscriptional type); undated and without mint: 3.49 g., 22.75 mm. max., 90°
Obv.: Border of dots, Ala ad-Din Kayqubad in three lines.
Rev.: Border of dots, al-Imam al-Mustansir billah in three lines
Attribution courtesy of mazdaro.Stkp02/25/19 at 08:00shanxi: I have no idea about these coins, but this one loo...
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Zangid of Syria. al-‘Adil Zangi (of Sinjar), in Halab/Aleppo only (577-579 A.H. = 1181-1183 A.D.)Balog 329 (Ayyubid, al-‘Adil Abu Bakr); Album 1855
AE fals; Halab/Aleppo mint, dated 578 A.H. = 1182/3 A.D.: 3.23 g., 19.77 mm. max., 0°
Obv. Dotted border. al-Malik / al-'Adil, in Kufic script.
Rev.: Two dotted borders, Kufic circular legend between; al-Imam / al-Nasir. in Kufic script in center.
Album rarity RR
Attribution courtesy of mazdaro.Stkp02/24/19 at 09:33quadrans: Nice piece.. 
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Ottoman Empire. Murad II (1st reign; 824-848 A.H. = 1421-1444/45 A.D.)Album 1302.3, Sreckovic I 52 (obverse C*x, reverse VI), Pere 59.
AR akçe dated 834 A.H. = 1430/31 A.D., Edirne (formerly Adrianople) mint, 13-14 mm.
Obv: Murad bin / Mehmed Han [= Murad son of Mehmed Han] in upper and lower semicircles, 83 on left / 4 on right [= 834 A.H.], star in center, all within an encircling line and pearl border.
Rev: Hullide Mülkühü [an abbreviated form of Halledallahü Mülkehü used on smaller coins = God protects the ruler’s property] in upper semicircle / Duri be Edirne [= minted in Edirne] in lower semicircle, all within an encircling line and pearl border.
The word “akçe” is derived from the Greek aspron (= white), the name of a Byzantine silver or billon coin, that was current in the region that eventually became the Ottoman Empire. The akçe is therefore sometimes called “asper” in English sources. When this coin was minted, there were 260 akçes per 100 dirhams and the nominal weight of the akçe was 1.18 gr. Pamuk, Sevket. A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press 2004), Table 3.1 at 46.
References: Album, Stephen A. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (Santa Rosa 1998); Sreckovic, Slobodan. Akches Vol. One, (Osman Gazi – Murad II), 699-848 A.H. (Belgrade 1999); Pere, Nuri. Osmanlilarda Madeni Paralar (Istanbul 1968).
Attribution assistance courtesy of Slobodan Sreckovic and Don RobinsonStkp07/21/11 at 22:53Bruno V.: Very interesting, thank you
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