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Collection Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid

Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid

Islamic, Iraqi, Artist Mint of Al-Samiya, Mint
On View

in

Islamic, Level 1, North Wing

Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid
Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid: 1 of Collection Gallery
Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid
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About the Artwork

Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid

807

(Artist) Islamic, Iraqi Mint of Al-Samiya (Mint) Iraqi

Silver

Overall: 7/8 inches (2.2 cm)

Numismatics

Islamic Art

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

74.161

Public Domain

Markings

Inscribed, obverse field: [translated: There is no god but | God alone | He has no associates.] Inscribed, obverse margin: [translated: In the name of God the Dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) in the year two and ninety and one hundred.] Inscribed, reverse field: [translated: Muhammad | is the Apostle | of God | "ha".] Inscribed, reverse margin: [translated: Qur 9:33.]

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA);
1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Islamic, Iraqi; Mint of Al-Samiya, Dirham Coin Struck for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Rashid, 807, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 74.161.

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