Nikolaus Schindel (2025)

Sylloge Nummorum Arabicorum Österreich Band I:
Early Islamic Copper Coins after the Reform of 77 AH (696/697 AD)

Wien, hardback, black-and-white illustrations, ISBN9783200103207, €44 (plus shipping), order directly from theauthor, Nikolaus Schindel,Nikolaus.Schindel@oeaw.ac.at Numismatische Gesellschaft.

It presentsearly Islamic copper coins dating from the coin reform ofthe Umayyad caliph ?Abd al-Malik (77 AH, 696/697 CE)to the middle of the eighth century CE. The plates depicta total of 1,434 bronze coins. In addition, more than 150pages offer a general overview of copper coinage fromthe Umayyad period, and the collection is discussed in itsbroader numismatic context.

This volume represents the firstcomprehensive treatment of Umayyad copper coinage sinceJohn Walker's 1956 British Museum catalogue. While it doesnot aim for completeness, it will be used as a reference forpost-Reformation Islamic bronze coins up to about 750 CE.

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