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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-WH0012 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: al-Mahdi; Bukhara Denomination: Dirham Place made: Asia: Uzbekistan, Bukhara Culture: Abbasid Date made: 775-785 AD Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 2.53 Axis (degrees): 270.00 |
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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.Ic/1, 428
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| al-Mahdi Abbasid 744 785 | |
| Bukhara Turkic; Abbasid; Uzbek | |
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