Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reforms : the Role of the Damascus Mint
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: A review of the history and historiography of precious metal coins issued by the caliphal mint of Damascus (72-79 ah) suggests that the caliph's administrators abandoned figurai coinage in favour of epigraphic coinage at the end of the eighth century as the final stage of a series of monetary experiments which aimed to create a universal Islamic coinage type, that would be accepted in all regions of the Umayyad state, including Iran as well as Greater Syria.
Source: Revue numismatique
Author: Luke Treadwell
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2045903688