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Coin or glass weight
(قطعة نقدية أو وزن زجاجي)

Title	Coin or glass weight
Title Original	قطعة نقدية أو وزن زجاجي
Publication Date:	427-487/ 1035-1094
Publication Place	- National Museum of Oriental Art
Subject	Colorless glass.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر: 13 ملم؛ السماكة: 3 ملم: الوزن: 0.7 غرام
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	15349
Record ID	object;ISL;it;Mus01;25;ar
Library Location	Museum of Civilizations \| Museum of Oriental Art Giuseppe Tucci
Date	427-487/ 1035-1094
Notes	A glass coin, colourless, round, with a raised outer edge, still in acceptable condition. Its weight is more than a quarter of a dirham, which is 0.66 grams. On its face is an expression in cursive script distributed over two lines. On the first line is written "Imam" and on the second "Prepared", meaning Caliph Al-Mustansir. Glass coins are coins that were invented and used by the Byzantines, and were transmitted to the Muslim Arabs in the era of the Umayyad, Abbasid and Tulunid caliphs in Egypt and the Aghlabids in North Africa due to the country's lack of bronze. As for the Shiite caliphs, they used these coins for other purposes, especially at the beginning of the era of Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. Al-Fatimi (341/953-365/975) These coins were used (as trust money) instead of bronze metal coins, because bronze was rare in that era in Egypt. He used to write on glass coins from one side. Most of the Fatimid caliphs were interested in this type of money, such as Al-Hakim bi Amr Allah (386/996-411/1021), Al-Mustansir (427/1036-487/1094), Al-Zahir and others. Although Syria was rich in bronze and advanced in the glass industry, we did not find any glass money there.
Sample Text	Paola Torre “Coin or glass weight” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01;25;ar

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Coin or glass weight

(قطعة نقدية أو وزن زجاجي)

Publication Date 427-487/ 1035-1094

Publication Place - National Museum of Oriental Art

Subject Colorless glass.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر: 13 ملم؛ السماكة: 3 ملم: الوزن: 0.7 غرام

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 15349

Record ID object;ISL;it;Mus01;25;ar

Library Location Museum of Civilizations | Museum of Oriental Art Giuseppe Tucci

Date 427-487/ 1035-1094

Notes A glass coin, colourless, round, with a raised outer edge, still in acceptable condition. Its weight is more than a quarter of a dirham, which is 0.66 grams. On its face is an expression in cursive script distributed over two lines. On the first line is written "Imam" and on the second "Prepared", meaning Caliph Al-Mustansir. Glass coins are coins that were invented and used by the Byzantines, and were transmitted to the Muslim Arabs in the era of the Umayyad, Abbasid and Tulunid caliphs in Egypt and the Aghlabids in North Africa due to the country's lack of bronze. As for the Shiite caliphs, they used these coins for other purposes, especially at the beginning of the era of Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. Al-Fatimi (341/953-365/975) These coins were used (as trust money) instead of bronze metal coins, because bronze was rare in that era in Egypt. He used to write on glass coins from one side. Most of the Fatimid caliphs were interested in this type of money, such as Al-Hakim bi Amr Allah (386/996-411/1021), Al-Mustansir (427/1036-487/1094), Al-Zahir and others. Although Syria was rich in bronze and advanced in the glass industry, we did not find any glass money there.

Sample Text Paola Torre “Coin or glass weight” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01;25;ar