Glass mithqal nisf of Qutayba b. Ziyad/[Matar], NE Africa, 775 - 776. 0000.999.23362

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.23362

Physical Description

  • Axis: 0
  • Color: pale green, transparent

  • Measurements

    • Weight: 2.121
    • Diameter: 21

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin weight
  • Date Range: 775 - 776
  • Denomination: mithqal nisf
  • Material: Glass

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: bism Allah / amara amir a / l-mu'minin mithqal / nisf waf

  • Reverse

    • Legend: center: Misr; margin: [bism Allah `ala yaday Qu]tayba b. Ziya[d]
    • Type: raised circle over and under marginal legend; five-leafed spray with lopsided triangles of dots on either side below central legend

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.23362
  • Department: Islamic
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Notes

  • name originally misread by Miles; same pair of dies as B.360, same reverse die as EIGS.284

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States