Arab-Sasanian Numismatics and History during the Early Islamic Period in Iran and Iraq
Royal Numismatic Society (Verlag)
978-0-901405-94-4 (ISBN)
This is the first major work to attempt a comprehensive survey of the Arab-Sasanian silver coinage since Walker’s 1941 Catalogue of the British Museum collection. Since then the number of recorded coins in the series has increased dramatically and the history of early Islam has been studied intensively. The book discusses the latest research on the subject, both historical (chapters 1 to 4) and numismatic (chapter 5 to 15). All the coins (over 1,600), both silver drachms and copper fulus, in the Johnson collection are illustrated on the excellent plates. Where the Johnson collection does not have a specimen of an important coin an example is illustrated from another source, making this a truly important work. The extensive chapters on the persons named on the coins, the mints, and the Pahlavi, Arabic and Sogdian legends, make this an invaluable historical source. Other chapters discuss the copper issues with their varied designs, the eras and dates used, metrology, coins struck in the east in Sīstān and further north by the Hephthalites, and countermarks, as well as the designs found on the silver drachms. All Pahlavi and Arabic legends (mints, persons named, religious and other marginal legends, dates) are written out as they appear on the coins in extensive tables. This makes it possible for a beginner in the series to read these sometimes difficult legends.
Hodge Mehdi Malek has been active as a collector and student of Arab-Sasanian coins since 1970. He published a book about the coinage of Tabaristān (RNS SP 39) in 2004 and has written numerous articles about Arab-Sasanian coins and the related late-Sasanian series. In this work he has brought together his expertise on the coinage, his knowledge of the Persian language and his experience from visiting many of the mint and other places discussed in the book.
Maps and tables xxvii; Figures xxviii; Abbreviations xxxvii; Persian and Arabic words xxxviii; Forward xl; Preface xli; Introduction xliii; Maps xlix. Part I: Historical survey. Chapter 1 Late Sasanian period 1; Chapter 2 The collapse of the Sasanian Empire and the Arab Conquests 13; Chapter 3 The Rightly Guided Caliphs 19; Chapter 4 The Umayyads. Part II: Coinage. Chapter 5 General features of Arab-Sasanian coinage 35; Chapter 6 Legends on Arab-Sasanian drachms 45; Chapter 7 Mints 79; Chapter 8 Dates 243; Chapter 9 Persons named on coinage 251; Chapter10 Post-reform Islamic coins 337; Chapter 11 Copper Arab-Sasanian Coinage 347; Chapter 12 Countermarks 379; Chapter 13 Metrology 395; Chapter 14 Hephthalite and issues with Bactrian legends 399; Chapter 15 Late Sistan issues 409; Chapter 16 Collections, coin finds and forgeries 417. Part III: Catalogue. Silver Arab-Sasanian coinage 426; copper Arab-Sasanian coinage 656. Part IV: Tables 687; Bibliography 727; Indices 742.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.07.2021 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication ; 55 |
| Zusatzinfo | 130 plates; also illustrations in text |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 305 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-901405-94-9 / 0901405949 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-901405-94-4 / 9780901405944 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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