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ID number: BIRBI-WH0005 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: al-Mahdi; Bukhara Denomination: Dirham Place made: Asia: Uzbekistan, Bukhara Culture: Abbasid Date made: 775-785 AD Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 2.98 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 4048, A. H. Baldwin, June 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of king with mural crown, korymbos above; ribbon to l. of bust; three large pellets on breast. Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants; holding spears/barsom.
Inscriptions: Obverse: المهدي (Al-Mahdi) PWX'R XW'B K'W (Ruler of Bukhara, Kay) Reverse: None.
Bibliography: SNS Uzbekistan Typ.Ib2/1, 420
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