Stone Seal of al-Husayn b. Sasan, Uncertain. 1958.67.10

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1958.67.10

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Length: 12
    • Length: 15

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Seal
  • Material: Stone
  • Shape: Rectangular

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: `ala Allah / al-Husayn b. Sasan / yatawakkul

References

  • Citation: Grohmann, Ein Beitrag zur arabischen Sphragistik, #1

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1958.67.10
  • Lot: 1958.67
  • Department: Islamic
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • ex-Herzfeld

Description

Herzfeld and Grohmann read al-`Abbas, surely wrong - but so is al-Husayn

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined