IS47239. Bronze fals, Spengler-Sayles 73, Album 1850, F, Syria, Halab (Aleppo) mint, weight 6.389g, maximum diameter 25.1mm, die axis 180
o, obverse Kufic inscription in inner fields: al-Adil - Nur al-Din, two Byzantine-style figures standing facing, holding labrum with cruciform shaft on three steps between, blundered imitation of a Greek legend in outer left and right fields; reverse Kufic inscription in inner fields: Malik al-umara - Mahmud, nimbate Christ standing facing, book of gospels in left, Kufic script to left and right, blundered imitation of a Greek legend in left and right outer fields; from a private collection (collector's notes record: Purchased from Aaron R. Feldman, NYC, 6 Feb 1963, 80 cents);
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