EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum (Paris, Berlin, Wien), Band III/2: Shapur II to Kawad I, Second Reign, Catalogue. Nikolaus Schindel. Vienna, Verlag der ?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2004 (?AW Denkschriften 325; Ver?ffentlichungen der Numismatischen Kommission Band 42). Pictorial hardback, approx. 490?500 pages. ISBN 3-7001-3314-6. The working catalogue volume to SNS III/1, covering the coinage from Shapur II (AD 309 to 379) through the second reign of Kawad I (AD 499 to 531), set out ruler by ruler with the full typology, legend concordances, bust and crown varieties, denomination series and metrology, and carefully read mint signatures, supported by clear matrices of obverse and reverse combinations and a fully referenced catalogue drawing on major collections and earlier literature, with attention also to imitations and questionable or false pieces. Substantial appendices treat the Marw mint into the mid-fifth century, the Humeima hoard, Sasanian minting in Sind, and a consolidated group of related inscriptions and material sources, followed by detailed indices and bibliography. A bright, clean example with sharp boards, a square spine, and a fresh text block showing only the slightest shelf trace.

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