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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Near Eastern; Umayyad
Title:Anonymous fals with elephant
Date Made:696-750 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Copper
Place Made:Near East; Syria; Hims (Homs)
Measurements:Overall: 11/16 in; 1.7 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.11
Credit Line:Purchase with the Marian Hayes (Class of 1925) Art Purchase Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Elephant facing r., Arabic legend surrounding in margin.
Obverse legend: Arabic inscription.
Reverse: Three lines of Arabic text.
Reverse legend: Arabic inscription.

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