EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum (Paris, Berlin, Wien), Band III/1: Shapur II, Kawad I, Second Reign. Nikolaus Schindel, with contributions by S. Stanek, R. Linke and M. Schreiner. Vienna: Verlag der ?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2004. ISBN 3-7001-3314-6. Pictorial hardback, c. 510 pp., extensively illustrated with plates, charts and analytical tables. An important volume in the SNS corpus, treating the coinage from Shapur II (AD 309?379) through the second reign of Kawad I (AD 499?531), with typology by ruler, detailed treatment of crown and bust varieties, and careful organisation of mints and mint signatures, backed by substantial metrology and legend work and frequent references to the main literature and collections. Imitations and doubtful pieces are addressed, and the appendices add real depth, including studies of the Marw mint, the Humeima hoard (Jordan), Sasanian minting in Sind, and a consolidated regnal chronology, with full indices and bibliography. Choice copy, clean and tight with only the faintest shelf wear.

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