Catalogue of Islamic Coins, Mainly in Gold, Comprising Coins of Most of the Islamic Dynasties, and Including Rare Arab-Byzantine Gold, a Particularly Strong Section of Islamic Coins of Spain and North Africa, an Interesting Samanid/Great Seljuq "Mile", Extremely Rare Gold of the Seljuq of Rum, Kay Khusru II, and the Mongol Great Khan, Genghiz Khan, an Unusually Fine Qajar Full Portrait Toman of Fath, 'Ali Shah, and Other Rarities, Together with Islamic Numismatic Books


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Islamic Coins. National Museum of Sanaa


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The present volume of the catalogue Islamic Coins of the National Museum of Ṣanʽā’ comprises the collection of Islamic coinage from the beginning of Islam up to the end of the 7th/12th centuries. The catalogue is organized by name of dynasty, in chronological order. The majority of these coins are from Yemen and were minted by the local dynasties who took their monetary independence from the end of the 3rd/9th century. Some Umayyad and Abbasid dirhams are included: they are from Iran, Mesopotamia and Levant.