coin

Details

• Associated people

  ‘Abd al-Malik (685-705) (ruler)

• Denomination

  Follis

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Design

  Caliph standing facing, bearded, bareheaded, wearing slightly flared long robe, right hand grasps pommel of sheathed sword, hanging from his right hand an enigmatic object, Arabic inscription from 1h clockwise, all enclosed by beaded circle (obverse)

  
  

  Squat transformed cross on four steps with relatively large circle, mint name in arabic right (omitting first letter of name), bungled Arabic legend from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR10548

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR10548

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