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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.70
People
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
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
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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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