EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum (Paris, Berlin, Wien), Band I: Ardashir I to Shapur I. Michael Alram and Rika Gyselen, with contributions by P.O. Skj?rv?, R. Linke, M. Schreiner, and J.-N. Barrandon. Vienna, Verlag der ?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2003, produced with the Biblioth?que nationale de France, the Berlin M?nzkabinett, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Silver-blue pictorial hardback, approx. 393 pages, packed with full-page coin plates, typology charts, and metrological and analytical tables. This volume brings together the Paris, Berlin, and Vienna Sasanian holdings for the first two rulers, with substantial historical and numismatic studies on Ardashir I and Shapur I, a palaeographic section, and metallurgical work based on XRF analysis. The main catalogue follows in full detail, recording denominations, mints, legends, bust and reverse varieties, and concordances, with thorough indices and bibliography at the end. Bright, clean copy with sharp boards, crisp corners, and fresh pages throughout.

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