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BCC BW36 Bronze Islamic Weight 1/2 Dirham
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Islamic Bronze Weight
Caesarea Maritima 1/2 Dirham
7th-12th Century CE
Obv: Traces of Arabic inscription
around two concentric circles within
a circular border, stamped in relief
in an incuse circular punch mark.
Rev: Three small punch marks (3/6 dirham).
Flat, nearly square slab cut with
a chisel from a sheet of metal.
AE 9.5 x 9.25 x 2.5mm. Wt: 1.41gm
cf. Holland, W.W.O.C.M., ch.8. #138
and Holland, "ANSMN 31 (1986)" #561
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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