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Maker(s):al-Mahdi (minted under)
Culture:Near Eastern; Abbasid
Title:Dirham of al-Mahdi
Date Made:783-784 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Silver
Place Made:North Africa; Tunisia; al-'Abbasiya (near modern Tunis)
Accession Number:  MH 2012.20.17
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 surrounding by a fourth in the margin
Obverse legend: [Arabic text]
Reverse: Four lines of Arabic text in the field with annulet above surrounded by a fifth line of Arabic text in the margin
Reverse legend: [Arabic text]

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