Asset ID:
6154
CMS Object ID:
801677
Accession Number:
HCR10235
Title:
Islamic coin
Object Name:
coin
Obverse design (coins):
Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1130h, enclosed by three pointillate circles, five equidistant annulets, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle
Denomination (coins):
Dirham
Associated person(s) + dates:
‘Abd al-Malik (685-705) (ruler)
Associated place(s):
Shaqq al-Taymara (mint)
Dimensions:
27 mm (diameter) ; 2.42 g (weight) ; 12 o'clock (die-axis)
Materials/ techniques:
silver, struck
Responsible department:
Heberden Coin Room
Single/ multiple object:
Single
Asset copyright notice:
© Ashmolean Museum
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