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Maker(s):al-Mahdi (minted under)
Culture:Central Asian; Arab-Bukharan; Abbasid
Title:Dirham of al-Mahdi
Date Made:774-786 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Billon
Place Made:Central Asia; Bukhara; Tajikistan; Sughd
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.19
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: Sasanian style bust facing right, surmounted by crescent and dot, with three pellets below. Arabic legend in left margin in Kufic script. Bukharan legend in right margin.
Obverse legend: ["al-Mahdi" in Arabic in left margin, Bukharan in right margin]
Reverse: Debased representation of Sasanian fire altar and flanking attendants with head on altar facing right. Outer margin of dots.

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