Roland Dauwe has published a new book on the coinage
of the Holy City of Qumm.
-Editor
The Numismatic History of the Holy City of Qumm. A Die Catalogue.
by Roland DAUWE
Several years ago Roland Dauwe found it
very strange that so few coins were
recorded to be struck in Qumm,
considering the importance of the town.
Not only was Qumm, and still is, a sacred
city for the Shi‘ite Muslims, but its
location on the main road from Rayy (now
part of Tehran) to Isfahan was of great
strategic importance.
During his research it soon became clear
that most Qumm coins, except for some
Timurid issues, are all rare to extremely
rare. In the meantime, he found that for
most issues a very small number of dies
were used, strengthening his conviction
that a die corpus would be of great use for
identifying the coins with partial dates or
even those with the mint missing.
Buying Qumm coins whenever possible, he
was able to build up a collection of more than 300 pieces. With that as a base and after visiting several
coin cabinets and contacting other private collectors, it was possible to complete little by little his idea
of the minting activity of Qumm.
The coinage is divided into four main groups. The first group
comprises the early traditional coinage, running from the Arab-Sasanian issues to the Great Seljuqs;
the second group comprises the Mongol and post-Mongol coins, from the Ilkhans to the Aq Qoyunlu;
the third group consists of the issues of the recent Iranian dynasties, from the Safavids to the Qajars;
and finally the fourth group comprises the local civic coppers.
Hardcover, 192 pages, format 210 x 297 mm. Price: € 35.00 excl. S/H.
Members of the Numismatic Society of Diest & the Oriental Numismatic Society can buy this book at
€ 19, excl. S/H.
E-mail:
patrick.pasmans@hotmail.com
More information on : www.muntmeester.be
Wayne Homren, Editor
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