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Dirham of Nasir al-Din Mahmud

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An image of Coinage. Dirham. Nasir al-Din Mahmud (1219-33), ruler. Mosul, Al-Mawsil Mint. The Atabegs & Contemporaries. Zangids of al-Mawsil. Obverse: Bust, facing, two Victories above, with spread wings crossed, mint and date l. and r., in dotted circle. Reverse: Legend in dotted circle, legend r. vertically upwards and l. vertically downwards. Copper, height 29 mm, width 30, mm, die axis 185 degrees, weight 13.74 g, 1219-1233.  Islamic.

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Coinage. Dirham. Nasir al-Din Mahmud (1219-33), ruler. Mosul, Al-Mawsil Mint. The Atabegs & Contemporaries. Zangids of al-Mawsil. Obverse: Bust, facing, two Victories above, with spread wings crossed, mint and date l. and r., in dotted circle. Reverse: Legend in dotted circle, legend r. vertically upwards and l. vertically downwards. Copper, height 29 mm, width 30, mm, die axis 185 degrees, weight 13.74 g, 1219-1233. Islamic.

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  • Accession Number: CM.IS.626-R
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 360 pixels
  • Image width: 281 pixels
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  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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13th Century Atabegs busts coin coinage copper currency dirham faces Fitz_CM Islamic legal tender Medieval money Moslem Mosul Muslim Nasir al-Din Mahmud numismatics obverse victories victory Zangid dynasty Zengid dynasty

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