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Lot 227

An Abbasid third-dinar glass weight in the name of Hashim b. Salim (Executive), circa AH 179/AD 795
Egypt

23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Abbasid third-dinar glass weight in the name of Hashim b. Salim (Executive), circa AH 179/AD 795
Egypt

of pale green colour
20mm. diam, 1.24gr

Footnotes

Provenance: Frank Linville Collection, Malter Sale XXXIX, 2 April 1989, 142, ill.

Obverse, four line inscription:
bi-sm Allah/ mithqal thulth/ dinar/ wafin
"In the name of God/ Weight of a third-/dinar/full-weight (with a star on the bottom).

Reverse, circular inscription:
'ala yaday Hashim b. Salim
"At the hands of Hashim b. Salim"

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