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Coinage of the Iranian Huns and their Successors from Bactria to Gandhara, 4th to 8th century CE, Volume II only by Klaus Vondrovec, edited by Michael Alram and Judith A. Lerner, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 2014. The second volume of this important specialist reference covers the later sections of the series, with particular focus on the Western Turk period and Gandharan copper coinage, followed by the typological overview,...

Handbook of Islamic Coins. Michael Broome. London, Seaby Publications Ltd., 1985. Hardback, 230 pages, gilt-titled, in the publisher?s dust jacket. ISBN 0-900652-66-7. A practical, well-organised guide to Islamic coinage from the earliest issues through the medieval period and beyond, arranged to help with attribution by dynasty, region, ruler, mint, and date. It opens with a clear introduction to reading Arabic legends (with transliteration...

Ashmolean Museum. Sylloge of Islamic Coins. Volume 1: The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period, by Stephen Album and Tony Goodwin. 2002. Brown cloth with dust jacket, 119 pages, 47 plates with facing text. An important and very useful reference for the earliest Islamic coinages before the great reform issues, presented in the clear and dependable sylloge format that makes comparison and attribution especially easy. A well-made...

Nicol, Norman D. Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Volume 3: Early Abbasid Precious Metal Coinage (to 218 AH). Oxford, 2012. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt, with jacket, 19 pages, 4 maps, and 89 plates of coins with facing text. A significant and very useful volume in this important Ashmolean series, devoted to the gold and silver coinage of the early Abbasid period and illustrating nearly 2,100 coins. Clear, systematic, and easy to...

Silver Coinage of the Caliphs, Collector?s Guide, A Fully Illustrated Catalogue by A. Shams Eshragh, second edition, published by Spink & Son Ltd, London, 2010. A substantial and highly useful illustrated reference to the silver coinage of the Caliphate, presented as a collector?s guide and fully illustrated catalogue in large format, with 326 pages of detailed material. Issued as a limited edition and now difficult to find, the work...

Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean: Volume 6 An important and substantial reference work cataloguing nearly 1600 Islamic coins dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries, covering a vast geographical range from North Africa to Great Syria. Drawing on the collections of the Heberden Coin Room and the Shamma Collection, this volume differs from earlier SICA publications by arranging the material by dynasty and ruler, a practical and...

The Dabuyid Ispahbads and Early Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan: History and Numismatics. H. M. Malek (London, Royal Numismatic Society, 2004). RNS Special Publication No. 39, hardcover, 185 pages with 37 black and white plates, a specialist study linking the political history of Tabaristan with its distinctive early Islamic coinage, useful for attribution and for understanding the local dynastic and administrative context behind the issues....

Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography, Volume II by William F. Spengler and Wayne G. Sayles, published by Clio?s Cabinet in 1992, is the companion volume to one of the most important modern studies of medieval Islamic figural coinage. Continuing this specialised and highly respected series, the book offers further detailed treatment of the remarkable Turkoman bronze issues, combining careful numismatic analysis with a strong...

Coins of Iran After the Mongol Invasion, Volume 9 (Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean Museum) A major and highly important reference on later Islamic coinage, this substantial volume catalogues nearly 1800 coins struck between the 13th and 19th centuries across Iran, Afghanistan, and neighbouring regions, covering the Ilkhanid, Timurid, Qara Quyunlu, Aq Quyunlu, Safavid, Qajar, Durrani, and Barakzay dynasties. The material is arranged...

Akches, Volume One, Orhan Gazi to Murad II, 699-848 AH by Slobodan Sreckovic, published in Belgrade in 1999, is the first volume in the author?s ambitious multi-volume study of Ottoman akche coinage and represents one of the most dedicated modern works on the early Ottoman silver series. Written in English and extending to 190 pages in softcover, the book presents a detailed treatment of the coinage from Orhan Gazi through Murad II, including...

Akches, Volume Three (Suleyman I Kanuni, 926-974 AH) published in Belgrade in 2003, is an important specialised reference devoted to the akche coinage of Sultan Suleyman I, one of the central and most historically significant rulers of the Ottoman series. Issued in a limited printing of only 400 copies, this substantial volume extends to 245 pages with abundant illustrations and LVII plates, offering a focused and practical study of the...

Sreckovic, Slobodan. Akches, Volume Five: Mehmed III, Mustafa I (1003?1032 AH / 1595?1623 AD). Belgrade, 2007. 8vo, original printed card covers, 233 pp., profusely illustrated with line drawings and photographic plates. Serbian text (Latin script). Covers the akche issues of Mehmed III through Mustafa I (including both reigns), arranged by mint and type, with clear treatment of the main obverse and reverse varieties, inscriptions, weights...