TY - BOOK ID - 3388197 TI - Arab-Byzantine coins : an introduction, with a catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks collection PY - 2008 VL - 12 SN - 9780884023180 0884023184 PB - Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection, DB - UniCat KW - Coins, Arab KW - Coins, Byzantine KW - Dumbarton Oaks KW - Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection KW - Byzantine coins KW - Arab coins KW - Harvard University. KW - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection KW - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection KW - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library KW - Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art KW - Coins, Arab - Syria KW - Coins, Arab - Egypt KW - Coins, Byzantine - Syria KW - Coins, Byzantine - Egypt KW - Coins, Arab - Catalogs KW - Coins, Byzantine - Catalogs KW - Monnaies arabes KW - Monnaies byzantines KW - Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection (Washington, D.C.) KW - Syrie KW - Égypte UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3388197 AB - The richly illustrated book 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 catalogue of the collection of Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks, published here for the first time ER -