Coin

46-29-884

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 46-29-884
Current Location Collections Storage
Section Near Eastern
Description

The coin is from Yemen. There is a date on the reverse, 1103 AH/1691-2 CE.

On the obverse, it reads "al-Imam al-Nasir”. This was the Imam who ruled Yemen from 1686-1718 during the Qasimi period. He went by three titles, Al-Nasir, al-Hadi, and finally al-Mahdi. His given name is Muhammad bin Ahmad.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1946
Other Number ANS 1002.1.1427 - Other Number

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