Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean: The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period

by Ashmolean Museum; Goodwin, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781854441737
• ISBN10: 1854441736
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd

Summary

The Ashmolean Museum houses a celebrated numismatic collection and these volumes are intended for the non-specialist as well as the numismatist. This is the third volume in a major 10-volume series presenting the coins and their descriptions in a concise format. Organized to facilitate ease of use, the coins in Pre-Reform Coinage are grouped in regional or dynastic sub-sections and arranged chronologically under mint headings. The volume documents nearly 750 coins from all parts of the Islamic world. Its strength is in the Arab-Sasanian silver and Arab-Byzantine gold and copper issues.

Table of Contents

In memoriam Samir Shamma	vii
Foreword	ix
Arab-Sasanian Coinage
Arab-Sasanian coinage	1	(1)
Iconography: the obverse	1	(2)
Iconography: the reverse	3	(1)
Method of description	4	(1)
Historical survey of the coinage: the main series	4	(1)
The earliest Arab-Sasanian coinage	5	(1)
The three phases of the main series	6	(1)
First phase (1)	6	(3)
Yazdigerd types	6	(1)
Khusraw types	7	(2)
Second phase (2): Basran prefecture	9	(5)
Abd Allah b. Amir b. Kurayz	10	(2)
Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, as governor of Basra (AH 45-50)	12	(1)
Kufan prefecture	13	(1)
Third phase (3)	14	(1)
Third phase, first sub-phase (3a) (AH 50-64)	14	(5)
Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan	14	(1)
Samura b. Jundab	15	(1)
The caliph Mu awiya	15	(1)
Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad	15	(2)
Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd and al-Hakam b. Abi al-As	17	(1)
Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (continued)	18	(1)
Third phase, second sub-phase (3b) (AH 61-73)	19	(8)
Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr	20	(1)
Umar b. Ubayd Allah	21	(1)
Salm b. Ziyad	22	(1)
Abd Allah b. Khazim	23	(1)
Miscellaneous governors	24	(3)
Third phase, third sub-phase (3c) (AH 72-85)	27	(7)
Experimental types	27	(1)
Standard coinage: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra	28	(1)
al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf	29	(1)
Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (Ibn al-Ash ath)	29	(1)
The caliph Abd al-Malik b. Marwan	30	(1)
Qatari b. al-Fuja'a	30	(1)
Atiya b. al-Aswad	31	(1)
Abd Allah b. Amir al-Mujashi i	31	(1)
Miscellaneous governors	32	(2)
Miscellaneous governors on copper coins	34	(1)
Provincial summaries of the third phase	34	(4)
Post-reform dirhams	37	(1)
Metrology	38	(1)
Gold coinage	39	(1)
Arab-Ephthalite	40	(2)
Tabaristan	42	(1)
Later Sistan	43	(2)
Copper Coinage	45	(6)
Copper: chronology and typology	45	(4)
Copper: denomination and metrology	49	(2)
Mints	51	(5)
Dates	56	(3)
Date conversion chart	59	(1)
The lillah series	60	(2)
Countermarks	62	(2)
Dies and die production	64	(1)
Unofficial strikes, imitations and forgeries	65	(1)
Appendix I: WYHC	65	(2)
Appendix II: Tawwaj, Tanbuk, Dasht	67	(2)
Appendix III: the Darabjird mints	69	(2)
Bibliography	71	(3)
Arab-Byzantine Coinage
Arab-Byzantine coinage	74	(1)
Terminology	74	(1)
The study of Arab-Byzantine coins	75	(2)
Pseudo-Byzantine coinage	77	(4)
General comments	77	(1)
Types and Legends	78	(1)
Two Figure Phocas	78	(1)
Three Standing Figures	78	(1)
Two Standing Figures	78	(1)
Single Figure in Military Dress	78	(1)
Standing Emperor with capital m reverse	79	(1)
Standing Emperor with capital M reverse	79	(1)
Imperial Bust	79	(1)
Bearded Imperial Bust	79	(1)
Constantine IV Bust	79	(1)
Gold coinage	80	(1)
Mint structure and issuing authority	80	(1)
Dating	81	(1)
Countermarking	81	(1)
Umayyad Imperial Image coinage	81	(10)
General comments	81	(1)
Obverse Images	82	(1)
Justin and Sophia	82	(1)
Seated Emperor	82	(1)
Three Standing Figures	82	(1)
Two Standing Figures	82	(1)
Two Standing Figures with Cross-on-Steps between	83	(1)
Standing Emperor	83	(1)
Imperial Bust	83	(1)
Two Figures, One Seated	83	(1)
Hunting Figure	83	(1)
Orans Figure	83	(1)
Reverse Images	84	(1)
Legends	84	(1)
The mints	84	(1)
Hims	85	(1)
Tartus	86	(1)
Dimashq	86	(1)
The ``Pseudo-Damascus'' Mint	87	(1)
Balbakk	87	(1)
Amman	88	(1)
Tabariyya	88	(1)
Baysan	89	(1)
Jerash	89	(1)
Ludd	89	(1)
Iliya	90	(1)
The al-wafa lillah mint	90	(1)
Other mintless coins	90	(1)
The gold solidi	91	(1)
Standing Caliph coinage	91	(8)
General comments	91	(1)
The obverse image	92	(1)
The reverse image	93	(1)
Legends	94	(1)
The gold dinars	94	(1)
The mints	95	(1)
Halab	96	(1)
Qinnasrin	96	(1)
Tanukh	96	(1)
Sarmin	96	(1)
Manbij	96	(1)
Maarrat Misrin	96	(1)
Jibrin	96	(1)
Qurus	97	(1)
Harran	97	(1)
al-Ruha	97	(1)
Hims	97	(1)
Dimashq	97	(1)
Balbakk	97	(1)
Amman	97	(1)
Baysan (?)	97	(1)
Iliya	98	(1)
Yubna	98	(1)
Ludd	98	(1)
Mints and mint practices: some observations and conclusions	98	(1)
Chronology of the pre-reform coinage of Bilad al-Sham	99	(8)
Two rival chronologies	99	(1)
Weaknesses in Bates' ``short chronology'' and Qedar's ``long chronology''	100	(1)
The numismatic evidence	101	(3)
General criteria for dating	104	(1)
The start of the Pseudo-Byzantine coinage	105	(1)
Summary and conclusions	106	(1)
Egyptian Arab-Byzantine coinage	107	(1)
The pre-reform coinage of North Africa and Spain	108	(2)
Bibliography	110	(3)
INDICES AND MAPS
Index to Arab-Sasanian Introduction	113	(4)
Index to Arab-Sasanian Catalogue	117	(2)
Index to Arab-Byzantine Catalogue	119	(1)
Map of Arab-Sasanian Mints	120	(1)
Map of Standing Caliph Mints	121	(1)
Charts of Earrings and Breast Ornaments on Arab-Sasanian coins	121