Glass Rub` Ratl of Ahmad b. Tulun, Egypt, 254 H. 1975.93.925

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1975.93.925

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Weight
  • Date: 868

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 254
  • Denomination: Rub` Ratl
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Glass
  • Shape: RW

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: mimma / amara bihi al-a[mir] / Ahmad b. Tulu[n] / mawla amir al-mu'minin / sana arba` kham[sin] / wa mi'atayn

References

  • Citation: B.734

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1975.93.925
  • Lot: 1975.93
  • Department: Islamic
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Balog gives weight as wuqiyya, which seems impossible

Rights

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