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Maker(s) &
Production:

Ahmad b. Tulun (868-84), ruler, Egypt
Misr, mint, Egypt

Name(s):

Fals; denomination
Islamic; Series
Egypt and Syria; subseries
Tulunids; subsubseries

Date:

871 — 872
AH 258

Material:

copper

Dimension(s):

image(height), 19, mm
image(width), 19, mm
die axis, 90, degrees
weight, 2.26, g

Acquisition:

given; ; Grierson, Philip, Prof.

Inscription(s):

design; obverse; Legend within a plain circle, marginal ornament.
design; reverse; Central legend, dynastic symbol below, central point, marginal mint and date formula.

Alternative
Number(s):

catalogue; 820
ordering; IS-0781

Documentation:

Accession:

Object Number: CM.26-1977
(Coins and Medals)
(record id: 107319; input: 2004-08-05; modified: 2012-01-10)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/107319