NEW BOOK: IDENTIFICATION OF UMAYYAD COINAGE

A recent publication provides visual details for identifying the challenging coins of the Umayyad period from AH 77-132. Spanning 48 pages, it offers visuals for recognizing the dates, legends, mints, and governors' names on these coins. Published in the Manquso Gacetilla, Especial No. 20, January 2025, this edition is so significant that it was published in both Spanish and English.

English: https://wearenumismatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Manquso-20-english.pdf.

Spanish: https://wearenumismatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MANQUSO20.pdf.

 

Like the previous text about the Identification of Abbasid Coins (Manquso 16), this one tries to offer a visual method to identify the coins of the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus following similar premises as in that one.

In the year AH77 (696 AD) for gold and in AH79 (698 AD) for silver, 'Abd al-Malik carried out a reform of the Umayyad coins and established a series of regulations that put an end to the anarchy of coinage that prevailed in the Caliphate. These new designs remain practically unchanged, maintaining an almost identical structure throughout the half century they represent until the end of the dynasty, with few local exceptions.

All gold and silver coins post-'Abd al-Malik reform and therefore purely Umayyad, are anonymous.

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