Copper Alloy Fals of al-Mahdi, Madinat al-Salam, 166 H. 1971.191.1

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Obverse: duriba bi-Madinat al-Salam sana sitt wa-sittin wa-mi'a `ala yaday Bakkar

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Reverse: al-Khalifa / al-Mahdi Muhammad / Amir al-Mu'mininmargin Muhammad rasul Allah sallah `alayhi wa-sallam

Physical Description

Axis: 6
Measurements
- Diameter (in mm): 19

Typological Description

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 782 - 783
Denomination: Fals
Material: Copper Alloy
Authority
- Authority: al-Mahdi
- Authority: Bakkar
- State: Abbasid Caliphs
Geographic
- Region: Mashriq
- Region: Iraq
- Place of Production: Madinat al-Salam

References

Reference: BMCOr.1.206.120 (reads name Nusayr)
Reference: Album.307.1

Administrative History

Identifier: 1971.191.1
Lot: 1971.191
Department: Islamic
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

lausibly an imitation.

Subjects

Category: `Abbasids--Iraq and the Jazira--AE

Rights

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

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