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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Near Eastern; Umayyad
Title:Anonymous fals
Date Made:705-715 CE
Type:Coin
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Asia; Turkey; Harran
Measurements:Diameter: 24 mm; 15/16 in; Weight: 4.71 g
Accession Number:  MH 2012.28.4
Credit Line:Gift of the Honorable Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Three lines of horizontal text in center field surrounded by a fourth in the margin, pellet border.
Obverse legend: [Kufic Arabic inscription, translation: center, "God is one, God is the Eternal," and surrounding, "There is no god but God alone, He has no associate."]
Reverse: Three lines of horizontal text in center field surrounded by a fourth in the margin, pellet border.
Reverse legend: [Kufic Arabic inscription, translation: center, "Muhammad is the Messenger of God," and surrounding, "In the name of God, this fals was struck in Harran, current."]

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