Mamluks. al-Zahir Sayf al-Din Barquq, AH 784-791, 792-801 / AD 1382-1389, 1390-1399. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 7.61 g, 4 h), Dimashq, AH 7xx. ‘Allāh / wa mā al-naṣr illā min ʿind / lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad [rasūl] / Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa d[īn al-ḥaqq] / liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dī[n kullih wa law / kariha al-mushrikūn]’ (‘Victory is only from Allah. There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘… / ḍuriba bi Dimashq / al-sulṭān al-malik al-Ẓā[hir] / Abū Saʿīd Sayf al-Dunyā wa al-Dī[n] / Barqūq ʿazza Allāh anṣāra[hū] / wa sabʿa …’ (‘… Struck in Dimashq. Sultan King al-Zahir Abu Saʿid Sayf al-Dunya wa al-Din Barquq. May Allah honour his supporters. 7xx’ in Arabic). Album 972. Balog 542 (AH 785). Areas of weakness and tiny die breaks, otherwise, extremely fine.