4 falus from Morocco of Mohammed IV, 1290 [=1873]
Also known as: 4 falus uit Marokko van Mohammed IV, 1290 [=1873]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1873
Cast bronze coin. Obverse: within a border of lines a circle containing a six-pointed star composed of two isosceles triangles [=Seal of Solomon]. Reverse: two-line inscription in Arabic characters indicating the mint: Fez, below which date in Western Arabic numerals: 1290 [=1873]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5116A; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.34 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.34 g · diameter 2,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 9,34 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.34 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a border of lines a circle containing a six-pointed star composed of two isosceles triangles [=Seal of Solomon].
- Reverse
- two-line inscription in Arabic characters indicating the mint: Fez, below which date in Western Arabic numerals: 1290 [=1873].
Identification
- Original title
- 4 falus uit Marokko van Mohammed IV, 1290 [=1873]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5116A
- Museum classification
- coin
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