Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection

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Author: Clive Foss

ISBN-10: 0884023184

ISBN-13: 9780884023180

Category: Ancient & Byzantine Coins

This illustrated handbook presents a concise history of the development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the seventh century, tracing its transition from coins that closely resembled Byzantine issues with imperial images to purely aniconic specimens with inscriptions in Arabic. This so-called “Arab-Byzantine series” sheds light on a pivotal period in the history of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, as formerly Byzantine provinces were slowly Arabicized and Islamicized following the...

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This illustrated handbook presents a concise history of the development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the seventh century, tracing its transition from coins that closely resembled Byzantine issues with imperial images to purely aniconic specimens with inscriptions in Arabic. This so-called “Arab-Byzantine series” sheds light on a pivotal period in the history of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, as formerly Byzantine provinces were slowly Arabicized and Islamicized following the Arab conquests of the 630s and 640s. The historical introduction, which includes descriptions of all the basic types, is followed by a summary catalogue of the recently acquired collection of Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks.

Syria1 Byzantine Syria, 602-61 32 The Persian Occupation, 610-630 93 The Byzantine Restoration, 629-640 134 The Early Caliphate, 636-660 185 The Caliphate of Mu'awiya, 660-680 386 The Civil Wars, 680-692 567 The Caliphate of Abd al-Malik, 685-705 58Egypt8 Byzantine Egypt, 602-621 879 The Persian Occupation, 618-630 9210 The Byzantine Restoration, 630-646 9511 Egypt under the Arabs, 642-705 99Conclusions12 The End of the Arab-Byzantine Coinage 10913 Conclusions 112Catalogue14 Catalogue of Arab-Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection 121Maps 158Coins from Hoards and Excavations 163Abbreviations 177Glossary of Arabic Inscriptions 179References 181Photo credits 189