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Collections

Dirham640 A.H.; 1242-1243

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Silver coin with serrated edge, featuring a relief-carved lion in profile supporting a radiant sun face at center, surrounded by Arabic script, with two six-pointed stars below
Silver coin with raised Arabic script filling the face in multiple lines, bordered by a dotted inner ring near the edge.
Title
Dirham
Place Made
Anatolia, Konya
Date Made
640 A.H.; 1242-1243
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
7/8 in. (2.22 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.413
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic