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Half Dinar of the Almohad Dynasty
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There is an inscription in naskhi script within a square on both the obverse and reverse. There is no mint or date but the ruler's name appears in the margin of the obverse.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Dr. David Mitten Cambridge MA 2005 2006. Purchased at Bay State Coin Show
Derek Warden Wyncote PA sold to David Mitten 2005.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Anne Marie Doyle Norma Jean Calderwood Intern in the Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art (2005-2006)
Title: Half Dinar of the Almohad Dynasty
Description:
There is an inscription in naskhi script within a square on both the obverse and reverse.
There is no mint or date but the ruler's name appears in the margin of the obverse.
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