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ID number: BIRBI-A-B0036 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: 'Abd al-Malik; Manbij Denomination: Fals Place made: Aleppo: Manbij Culture: Arabic Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5206. |

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Description: Obverse: Caliph standing facing wearing decorated cloak and headdress, hands clasped on hilt of sheathed sword on l. hip. Reverse: Qutub on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: right - … خلفة الل (Caliph of God), left - … امير المو (Prince of the faithful). Reverse: radial - لا الله الا الله وحده محمد (There is no God but God, he is alone, Muhammed), right - منبج (Manbij), left - واف (sufficient).
Bibliography: Walker 102; SICA 679-682.
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