Dinars and Dirhams: Coins of the Islamic lands
Part One: The early period
Aram R. Vardanyan

The Islamic coinage in the Collection is among the most outstanding in private hands, with some 14,500 issues in gold, silver and copper. The coins were issued across the Islamic world, from North Africa to Central Asia and India, in the 7th to the 20th centuries. Many series are represented in larger numbers and in greater variety than in any other collection. The entire collection will be published online, but in the meantime it was decided to publish a representative 2,100 of them, selected for their rarity, historical significance, clarity and overall numismatic importance in two volumes, of which this is the first.

The gold, silver and copper coins featured in this volume were issued between the 7th and the 13th centuries. They include many rare and hitherto unpublished specimens. Of special interest among the early gold coins is the group of Arab-Latin gold solidi from Spain and North Africa, as well as the first post-reform dinar of AH 77 (AD 696-7), the rare dinar of AH 105 (AD 723-4) which mentions

About the author(s)
Dr Aram R. Vardanyan is a private researcher in the field of Islamic Numismatics and Near Eastern History

Details
fully illustrated in colour; hardback with dust jacket (slipcased); 36 × 26 cm; ISBN: 978-1-874780-82-3

David Fanning adds:

For more information, or to order, see:
DINARS AND DIRHAMS: COINS OF THE ISLAMIC LANDS. PART ONE. THE EARLY PERIOD. KHALILI COLLECTION.(https://www.numislit.com/pages/books/7507/aram-r-vardanyan/dinars-and-dirhams-coins-of-the-islamic-lands-part-one-the-early-period)
Dinars and Dirhams: Coins of the Islamic landsPart One: The early period(https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/dinars-dirhams-coins-islamic-lands-later-period-part-one/)