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The Work of aI-Hasan b. Muhammad, Die Engraver at Isbahan and al-Muhammadiyya
American Numismatic Society Museum Notes (1979)
  • Carol Bier, The Textile Museum
Abstract

Four Buyid coins in t he collection of t he American Numismatic Society, struck between 358- 68H. /A.D. 968- 79 at two mints in Jibal province, illustrate a phenomenon unique in the history of Islamic coinage.! They concern the status of a die engraver named al-Hasan b. Muhammad. A silver dirham bearing his signature was first noted by George C. Miles and published in 1938. It was at that time the only Islamic coin known to bear t he signature of a die engraver. More recently, four additional coins have been located which shed more light upon the career of this artisan.

Keywords
  • Islamic numismatics,
  • Isfahan,
  • al-Muhammadiya,
  • Iran,
  • Buyid,
  • art,
  • coins,
  • inscriptions
Publication Date
1979
Citation Information
Carol Bier. "The Work of aI-Hasan b. Muhammad, Die Engraver at Isbahan and al-Muhammadiyya" American Numismatic Society Museum Notes Vol. 24 (1979)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol_bier/51/