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Miles, George C., Arabic Numismatics, set of four books hardbound together in bright blue with gold lettering: The Coinage of the Arab Amirs of Crete, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 160, New York, 1970, 86 pages, 9 plates, The coinage of the Islamic Emirs of Crete, ca. 820-961. Pulls together all known information at the time, with coins grouped by numismatic types. Chronologies, where given, are only approximate. All coins fully described with Arabic legends written out. Most photographed. Standard work on this area; Contributions to Arabic Metrology, parts I & II. Part I: Early Arabic Glass Weights and Measure Stamps, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 141, New York, 1958, 124 pages, 13 plates, a description of almost 300 weights and stamps in the ANS collection. Many are photographed. There are complete descriptions of the legends and detailed discussions of who issued the different pieces and why. Part II: Early Arabic Glass, Weights and Measure Stamps in the Benaki Museum in Athens, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 150, New York, 1963, 64 pages, 11 plates; Fatimid Coins in the Collections of the University Museum, Philadelphia, and the American Numismatic Society, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 121, New York, 1951, 51 pages, 6 plates. A listing of coins with many photographs issued by the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt, Syria and Sicily. Some 161 descriptions include legends written out in Arabic, but not translated. There is a list of Fatimid mints with known dates that they were in operation; Early Arabic Glass Weights & Stamps, A Supplement, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 120, New York, 1951, 60 pages, 4 plates. A description of 220 Umayyad and Abbasid glass weights and vessel stamps in the ANS collection. There is a long introductory chapter on the types, epigraphy and metrology of the objects, followed by a chapter by Frederick R. Matson on The Manufacture of Eighth-Century Egyptian Glass Weights and Stamps. The catalogue is followed by a good bibliography, index of Arabic inscriptions, and very nice photographic plates. This was the author's first major contribution to the study of Islamic metrology based on glass weights and stamps to which he later added two supplements, set of 4 bound together books.

Estimate: 75- 100 USD