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Islamic Coin
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Seventy-six Islamic bronze coins ranging from the Ghaznavid period to the early twentieth century. Purchased in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1944.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
The coins were purchased in 1944 by the donor Richard Frye Professor Emeritus in Kabul Afghansistan.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Richard N. Frye
Title: Islamic Coin
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Seventy-six Islamic bronze coins ranging from the Ghaznavid period to the early twentieth century.
Purchased in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1944.
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