coin

Details

• Associated people

  Hishām b. ‘Abd al-Malik (724-743) (ruler)

• Denomination

  Dirham

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Design

  Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by three pointillate circles, four equidistant double annulets visible, and 10h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle (obverse)

  
  

  Arabic inscription in field (Sura 112:1-3), enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 130h (Sura 9:33), enclosed by pointillate circle, four equidistant double annulets visible, all enclosed by pointillate circle (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR10062

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR10062

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