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[[Image:SA54-0419.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 54, lot 419]]

This specimen was lot 419 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "BAHRI MAMLUK: Sha'ban II, 1363-1376, AV dinar, Halab, AH773, fully legible mint & date; scalloped border both sides, VF-XF." Aleppo was held by the Mamluks 1260-1516 despite Mongol invasions (1260, 1280, 1299) and Timur's attack (1400). Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"Al-Ashraf Zayn ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Sha'ban ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (Arabic: الأشرف زين الدين شعبان, lit. 'The Most Noble, Grace of the Faith, Father of Excellence, Sha'ban son of Husayn, son of Muhammad, son of Qalawun', better known as al-Ashraf Sha'ban (السلطان شعبان or Sha'ban II, was a Turk Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty in 1363–1377."</blockquote> Sha'ban II, aged 23-24 years in 1377, was strangled by one of his emirs. His son, al-Mansur Ali II, died in 1381, aged 13.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' gold, this specimen 7.46 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' A-955.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Egypt AH 709 dinar]], Damascus mint, Baybars II
* [[Egypt AH 710 dinar]], Damascus mint, an-Nasir Muhammad I, 3rd reign
* [[Egypt AH 820 dinar|AH 820 dinar]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1371]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 54]]