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BCC BW29 Bronze Islamic Weight 1/6 Dirham
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Islamic Bronze Weight
Caesarea Maritima 1/6 Dirham.
7th-12th Century CE
Obv: Remnants of uncertain Arabic
Kufic inscription, stamped in relief in
incuse circular punch-mark.
Rev: Blank. Flat, nearly rectangular
brick-shaped slab, cut from a sheet
of metal.
AE 6.25 x 5.5 x 2.2mm. Wt: 0.49gm.
No exact parallels in Holland, W.W.O.C.M.,
ch.8. or Holland, "ANSMN 31 (1986)"
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1975
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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