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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-WH0007
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):  2.5
Weight (g):  2.61
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3979, A. H. Baldwin, October 1961.

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

Notes: Chipped at 45 and 90 degrees on obverse.

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	Bukhara Turkic; Abbasid; Uzbek
	al-Mahdi Abbasid 744 785
	Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988

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