coin

Details

• Associated people

  Al-Mahdī (775-785) (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, six equidistant annulets of type '⦾', all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle (obverse)

  
  

  Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR10955

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR10955

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