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Maker(s):al-Muqtadir (minted under)
Culture:Near Eastern; Abbasid
Title:Dirham of al-Muqtadir
Date Made:924-925 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Near East; Iraq; Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.24
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: Five lines of Arabic text in field, with dot above and below. Two lines of Arabic text surrounding in margin.
Obverse legend: [Arabic text]
Reverse: Five lines of Arabic text in field with one surrounding in margin.
Reverse legend: [Arabic text, first line of which is "Allah"]

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