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Dinar of Abu Hafs `Umar ibn Ishaq
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This is an extremely fine gold coin from the Almohad (al-Muwahhidun) period in North Africa and Spain. The obverse and reverse carry field legends written in a elegant cursive naskh script in a square placed within a circle. Additonal legends are in the margins.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess
Title: Dinar of Abu Hafs `Umar ibn Ishaq
Description:
This is an extremely fine gold coin from the Almohad (al-Muwahhidun) period in North Africa and Spain.
The obverse and reverse carry field legends written in a elegant cursive naskh script in a square placed within a circle.
Additonal legends are in the margins.
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