Glass Rub` Qist of `Abd Allah b. Rashid, Egypt, 759–759. 1956.8.111

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 39

Typological Description

• Object Type: Vessel Stamp
• Date: 759
• Denomination: Rub` Qist
• Material: Glass
• Shape: Round

• Authority

  • Authority: `Abd Allah b. Rashid
  • Issuer: Muhammad b. al-Ash`ath
  • State: Abbasid Caliphs

• Geographic

  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

  • Legend: bism Allah / amara al-amir Muhammad / b. al-Ash`ath bi-san`ati / rub` qist waf / `ala yaday `Abd Allah b. Rashid

References

• Citation: CAM.133

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1956.8.111
• Lot: 1956.8
• Department: Islamic
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • L.H. Schroeder

Description

Subjects

• Category: `Abbasids--Glass

Rights

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