Coin weight

Museum number:
5-14601
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin weight; yellowish-green glass; ⅓ dinar weight; 1.4 grams; good condition. Name of Al-Muhajir, governor of Egypt under Khalif Mahdi. inscription on both sides. Diameter: 19 mm.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cairo, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt; Cairo
Culture or time period:
ʿAbbāsid Caliphate (750-1258 AD)
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-14601, described as Coin weight; yellowish-green glass; ⅓ dinar weight; 1.4 grams; good condition. Name of Al-Muhajir, governor of Egypt under Khalif Mahdi. inscription on both sides. Diameter: 19 mm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-14601, described as Coin weight; yellowish-green glass; ⅓ dinar weight; 1.4 grams; good condition. Name of Al-Muhajir, governor of Egypt under Khalif Mahdi. inscription on both sides. Diameter: 19 mm.

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