File:Offa king of Mercia 757 793 gold dinar copy of dinar of the Abassid Caliphate 774.jpg
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English: Offa_king_of_Mercia_757_793_gold_dinar_copy_of_dinar_of_the_Abassid_Caliphate_774
Mercian gold dinar imitating a gold dinar of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur, copying the Arabic inscription. The script was copied without understanding it, possibly without even realizing it represents writing, but it is good enough to reconstruct the reading of the coin it was copied from; this was apparently struck in AH 156 (AD 773/4), which date thus serves as a terminus post quem for the Anglo-Saxon copy. The inscription OFFA REX was inserted upside down into the three central lines reading Muhammadu / rasulu / llahi. literature:
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Date | Taken in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Source/Photographer | Own work PHGCOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | Derivative works of this file: International money montage.jpg |
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M REX
[Offa Merciorum Rex, Offa King of the Mercians]
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Camera manufacturer | SONY |
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Camera model | DSC-T10 |
Exposure time | 1/8 sec (0.125) |
F Number | f/4.3 |
ISO speed rating | 320 |
Date and time of data generation | 23:37, 24 September 2007 |
Lens focal length | 19 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Paint Shop Pro Photo 12.00 |
File change date and time | 17:27, 31 October 2009 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 23:37, 24 September 2007 |
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Image compression mode | 8 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.625 APEX (f/3.51) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |