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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
AK,I.a.62
Description
Copper alloy coins: Islamic coins.
Production place
Minted in:
China
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Togujai
, Allegedly from Togujai (Moji) site; purchased at site. Coins purchased at site by Stein from the local beg and headsmen, who brought him bags full of coins, metal seals and bronze ornaments they had found there.
Materials
copper alloy
Curator's comments
Stein 1907, p.575: "78 Muhammadan copper coins of the type described by Dr Hoernle, Report on Central Asian antiquities, i, pp.32 sqq., and tentatively attributed by him to 'Sulayman Khaqan'. They seem to bear the name of the Caliph Al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258 AD. See Pl.XC, nos 45, 46 (both belonging to Dr Hoernle's second variety, comp. his Pl.I, fig.31)."
Bibliographic references
Stein 1907 / Ancient Khotan: detailed report of archaeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan
(pp.110-111, 113, 575-580)
Porter 1997 / The Islamic coins collected by Stein in Chinese Central Asia
Wang 2004 / Money on the Silk Road: the evidence from Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800
(p.128, 245)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
From:
Sir Marc Aurel Stein
Acquisition notes
Registration nos beginning AK refer to coins acquired on Stein's First Central Asian Expedition, and published in his book Ancient Khotan.
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
AK,I.a.62