Arab-Byzantine Coinage (Studies in the Khalili Collection)
Publisher: The Khalili Collections
Published: November 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781874780755
Subjects: Coins, banknotes, medals, seals, numismatics; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient World; Coins, Currency & Medals; Medieval; Middle East - General; History / Medieval; Coins, Arab; Coins, Byzantine; Palestine; Syria
First sentence: In AD 630, on the eve of the Muslim conquest, the lands known to the Arabs as Bilad al-Sham1 had just been reconquered by the Byzantine Empire following 20 years of Persian occupation.