Glass Rub` Qist of Muhammad b. Shurahbil, Egypt, 755–758. 1974.268.492

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Length: 32
  • Length: 37

Typological Description

• Object Type: Vessel Stamp
• Date Range: 755 - 758
• Denomination: Rub` Qist
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Glass
• Shape: Oval

• Authority

  • Authority: Muhammad b. Shurahbil
  • Issuer: `Abd al-Malik b. Yazid
  • State: Abbasid Caliphs

• Geographic

  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

  • Legend: [bi]sm Allah [amara / `Abd] al-Malik b. [Yazid / bi-san]`ati rub` qi[st / w]af `ala yaday Mu[hammad] / b. Shurahbil

References

• Citation: B.331

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1974.268.492
• Lot: 1974.268
• Department: Islamic
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Subjects

• Category: `Abbasids--Glass

Rights

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