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Abbasid Caliphate

Islamic caliphate whose silver dirhams circulated from Central Asia to northern Europe.

Kind: caliphate
Region: Near East, Asia
Recorded period: AD 750 – 1258

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Coin, Marv, dated 136 AH/753 CE

dated 136 AH/753 CE

Coin in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 39.40.127.293), catalogued by the museum's Islamic Art department. The museum dates it dated 136 AH/753 CE and records its origin as Marv. The museum records the medium as Copper and the dimensions as Ht. 13/16 in. (2 cm) W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Th. 1/16 in. (0…

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