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Dirham of Nasir al-Din Mahmud (r. 1201–22): Double-Headed Bird of Prey
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Copper
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee 1898
Title: Dirham of Nasir al-Din Mahmud (r. 1201–22): Double-Headed Bird of Prey
Description:
Copper.
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