2006.70: Half Dinar of the Almohad Dynasty
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.70
- People
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Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I (r. 1163 - 1184)
- Title
- Half Dinar of the Almohad Dynasty
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1163-1184
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Morocco, Fez
- Period
- Almohad period
- Culture
- North African
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/7997
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- 2.27 g
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Dr. David Mitten, Cambridge, MA, 2005, 2006. Purchased at Bay State Coin Show
Derek Warden, Wyncote, PA, sold to David Mitten, 2005.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Anne Marie Doyle, Norma Jean Calderwood Intern in the Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art (2005-2006)
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.70
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- There is an inscription in naskhi script within a square on both the obverse and reverse. There is no mint or date but the ruler's name appears in the margin of the obverse.
Verification Level
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