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A copper fals of Al-Kamil Muhammad with the legends inside an ogee quatrefoil design Coin Type: Bronze follis of Al-Kamil Muhammad, 1180-1238 CE.
Size and Weight: 24mm x 27mm, 2.94g.
Obverse: al-malik al-Kamil Muhammad (bin) Abu Bakr (the prince al-Kamil Muhammad son of Abu Bakr)
Within an ogee quatrefoil design bounded by a circle.
Reverse: al-imam al-Mustans(ir) Billah (amir) al-mu(minin) (the imam al-Mustansir Billah, commander of the faithful [i.e. caliph])
Within an ogee quatrefoil design bounded by a circle.
Provenance: genuine-coins (eBay), July 2010
Ref: Balog 420 Type C
BW Ref: 001 051 163
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Note: The legend was translated by the user anteporcos on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board. The reference was provided by the Forum user alexius.

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