Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains over 1600 coins of the 7th-10th centuries from all parts of the Islamic Empire. Numerous examples of Umayyad gold, silver and copper coinage are included, as well as Abbasid revolutionary issues and Abbasid copper coins. The collections included in the catalogue are those of the Heberden Coin Room and the Samir Shamma Collection. The coins issued without mint-names are arranged chronologically by year; those with mint-names are arranged by mint in Arabic alphabetical order.
