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Maker(s):al-Saffah (minted under)
Culture:Near Eastern; Abbasid
Title:Dirham of al-Saffah
Date Made:751-752 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Near East; Iraq; Al-Basrah
Measurements:Overall: 15/16 in; 2.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.12
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 lines of Arabic text in field, surrounded by a fourth in the margin. Three bands and three groups of three circles in outer margin.
Obverse legend: [Arabic legend]
Reverse: Three lines of Arabic text in field, separated from a fourth in the margin by three bands. Two bands and five circles in outer margin.
Reverse legend: [Arabic legend]

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