ISLAMIC, Mamluks. al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Barsbay, AH 825-841 / AD 1422-1438. Ashrafi (Gold, 18 mm, 3.37 g, 6 h), al-Qahira (Cairo), date effaced. Between segmented lines, ‘[arsalahū] / lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / bi al-hudā’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He [i.e., Allah] sent him with guidance’ in Arabic). Rev. Between segmented lines, ‘bi al-Qāhira / al-sulṭān al-malik al-Ashraf / Abu’l-Naṣr Barsbāy …’ (‘In al-Qahira. Sultan King al-Ashraf Abu’l-Nasr Barsbay …’ in Arabic). Album 998. Minor nicks, otherwise, very fine.