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BCC BW35 Bronze Islamic Weight 1/2 Dirham
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Islamic Bronze Weight
Caesarea Maritima 1/2 Dirham
7th-12th Century CE
Obv: Incomplete Arabic inscription
stamped in relief around a central
circle? within a circular border.
Possible reading ...محم Mohamm?...
Rev: Blank. Nearly square slab cut
with a chisel from the top and bottom
out of a thin sheet of metal, with file
adjustment marks along one edge.
AE 8.0 x 7.9 x 3.0mm. Wt: 1.47gm
cf. Holland, W.W.O.C.M., ch.8. #136
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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