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Collections

Dirham733-734/115 A.H.

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Silver coin with Kufic Arabic inscriptions arranged in concentric bands around a central field of stacked text lines, hand-struck with slightly irregular edges
Silver dirham coin with raised Arabic inscriptions in the central field and concentric circular bands of Arabic text around the margin, with small circular decorative elements at the rim.
Title
Dirham
Place Made
Iraq, Wasit
Date Made
733-734/115 A.H.
Medium
Coin
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (2.85 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.409
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic