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Maker(s):'Abd al-Malik (minted under)
Culture:Near Eastern; Arab-Byzantine; Umayyad
Title:Fals with three standing figures
Date Made:685-696 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Copper
Place Made:Near East; Syria; Palestine; Israel; Tiberias/Tabariya (Teverya)
Measurements:Overall: 1 in; 2.5 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.1
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: three imperial figures standing.
Reverse: Byzantine style M with mint names in Greek and Arabic flanking, cruciform symbol (Heraclian monogram) above and A below.
Reverse legend: in left field and exergue: TIB...[illegible]...AΔOC [somewhat illegible Greek letters], in right field: Arabic inscription [transliteration: Tabariya].

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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