2000.198.24: Islamic Coin
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.198.24
- Title
- Islamic Coin
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Afghanistan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/102032
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.02 g
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- The coins were purchased in 1944 by the donor Richard Frye, Professor Emeritus, in Kabul, Afghansistan.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Richard N. Frye
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.198.24
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Seventy-six Islamic bronze coins ranging from the Ghaznavid period to the early twentieth century. Purchased in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1944.
Verification Level
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