EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. Nicol, Norman D. Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Volume 3: Early Abbasid Precious Metal Coinage (to 218 AH). Oxford, 2012. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt, with jacket, 19 pages, 4 maps, and 89 plates of coins with facing text. A significant and very useful volume in this important Ashmolean series, devoted to the gold and silver coinage of the early Abbasid period and illustrating nearly 2,100 coins. Clear, systematic, and easy to use, it is an essential reference for collectors and researchers working on early Abbasid numismatics, and a strong continuation of one of the most valuable sylloge projects in the field. A very attractive copy, new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept throughout.

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