Coin / Bronze / Copper
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.07.5794
- Object Name
- Coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Weight
- 4.4g
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Coin with bust portrait of King Faruk I. King Faruk dons a fez and is depicted in sharp profile. Bronze (Pearls of Wisdom; Gruber, Dimmig).
- Subjects
- King Faruk I
- Date Made/Origin
- 1938
- Earliest Date
- 1938
- Latest Date
- 1938
- Verbatim Date
- 1357 AH/1938 AD
- Other Date Type
- Islamic Calendar (AH)
- Other Date
- 1357
- Earliest Other Date
- 1357
- Latest Other Date
- 1357
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- 1_10_piastre_or_1_millieme
- Authority
- Farouk_I
- Mint
- Cairo
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Portrait Far I
- Coin Reverse Description
- Legend
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.07.5794
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.07.5794/dsc_3475.jpg
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- Full citation
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"Coin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.07.5794/dsc_3475.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
