- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Coin with an early Arabic inscription
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem
- Date:
- 8th century
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- JM 170-79
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In this period Jerusalem was under the rule of the Muslim Abbasid Caliphate. The Arabic inscription reads: “Muhammad, Messenger of God, Ilya” (the Arabic name for Jerusalem at that time).
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