Coin

Dinar

46-29-1

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Near East (uncertain) | Egypt (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 46-29-1
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Near East (uncertain) | Egypt (uncertain)
Period Mamluk Dynasty
Date Made 1262-1263
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold
Description

Seljuk;

Person: Baybars

Region: NE Africa

Locatlity: Egypt

Mint: al-Iskandariyya

On obverse: lion (below obverse field); double line between field and margin

al-Salihi/ al-Sultan al-Malik a/l-Zahir Rukn al-Dunya wa'l-Din/ Bibars Qasim Amir al-Mu'minin; marg. ...d rasul Allah arsalahu bi'l-huda wa-d...

On reverse: la ilah illa/ Allah Muhammad rasul/ Allah arsalahu bi'l-huda/ wa-din al-haqq li-yuzharuhu/ 'ala al-din; marg. duriba hadha'l-dinar bi'l-Iskandariyya sana ihda wa-sittin wa-sittami'a

Outside Diameter 2.4 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1946
Other Number ANS 1002.1.1 - Other Number

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