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{
    "localId": "99797",
    "label": "Dirhem of Najm al-Din Alpi",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.799"
}

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    "id": "99797",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.799",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dirhem of Najm al-Din Alpi",
    "description": "Obverse: Two draped male busts, confronted and in profile; name and titles of Najm al-Din Alpi above and below and dynastic symbol (tamgha) lower left; all within in a border of dots.Reverse: At left, Byzantine emperor standing frontal being crowned by the Virgin Mary at right, frontal; continuation of titles and pedigree in fields left, right, above and below; all within a circle of dots.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by Richard Ettinghausen [1906-1979], 1950s-1960s; inherited by Elizabeth Ettinghausen, Princeton, 1979; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2018.",
    "date": "1152-1176 (Artuquid of Mardin)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.799",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3,
            "height": 3.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "D: 1 3/16 × Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3 × 3.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Turkish",
    "dynasty": "Artuquid of Mardin",
    "med": "copper alloy, struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2431"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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