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Record Details

Object Identifier
2009.01.0174
Other Number
3002
Type of Number
Original Number
Object Name
Coin
Object Type
Coins
Materials
Copper
Gold
Silver
Length
;
Width
;
Height
;
Thickness
;
Weight
2.913;2.9g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Umayyad dirham minted in Spain during the rule of the Umayyad caliph al-Hisham (723-743). This dirham includes the Muslim monotheistic creed along with the 112th chapter of the Qur'an (Surat al-Ikhlas). This dirham is pierced with a hole, suggesting that in later centuries it may have functioned as a pendant or amulet. Silver (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Verbatim Date
118 AH
Other Date Type
Islamic Calendar (AH)
Other Date
118
Earliest Other Date
118
Latest Other Date
118
Verbatim Provenance
Spain
Production Site
site
Denomination
dirhem
Authority
Hisham ibn Abd al Malik?
Countermark
no
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
Art of the Islamic World (F2018)
Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
Student Program from MES (W2020)
Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean World (Fall 2023)
The Mediterranean (W2024)
Class Instructor
Crasnow, Sascha
Gruber, Christiane
Wollenberg, Rebecca
Hussein, Mostafa
Selcer, Perrin
Esener, Bihter
Class Department
RCHUMS
HISTART
MIDEAST
HISTORY
Class Number
334.006
490.001
197.002
253
Class Year
2018
2020
2023
2024
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Numismatic

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2272 x 1704
File Size
203 KB
Record
2009.01.0174
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"Coin; Copper; Gold; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2009.01.0174/2009_01_0174p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
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