Diameter: 3.800 cm
Weight:
14.000 g
CM 1881-6-2-1
Room 68: Money
Silver medallion
cAbbasid
dynasty, AH 325 / AD 937
Madinat al-Salam
(Baghdad), Iraq
A commemorative medallion with a verse from the Qur'an
Medallions were sometimes struck to commemorate
particular political events or special occasions. This beautiful
silver example was struck by the
cAbbasid
It has been suggested that the medallion was struck to commemorate the establishment of order in the city of Baghdad following the arrival of the powerful Amir al-Ra'ik. In the year before this medallion was struck (AD 936), he had been invited into the city in order to subdue the various factions that were causing civil disturbance in the city.
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