Image: Glass weight of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Description: The obverse of a glass coin weight inscribed with the name of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685-705). The inscription, in Arabic, reads: “li-`Abd Allah `Abd al-Malik Amir al-Mu'minin (The servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful). The weight was produced in Damascus, Syria. The weight is for a half-dinar and is currently housed by the American Numismatic Society in New York. For information about the weight, see the following sources: Rambach, Arianna D’Ottone (September 2016). Arabic Glasses (coin weights, jetons and vessel stamps) from Umayyad Syria in T. Goodwin (ed.), Coinage and History in Seventh Century Near East 5. Proceedings of the 15th Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. pp. 176-177, 181. Norweb, Jr., Henry R (1991). Annual report of the American Numismatic Society. page 17.
Title: Glass weight of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Credit: Obverse at Glass nisf of `Abd al-Malik Amir al-M., Syria, 685 - 705. 1991.3.642
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