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The 18 articles in this volume mainly deal with Byzantine and Early Islamic coinage in Syria and Palestine, but there are two articles on weights, one on lead seals and one historical essay. Well over 200 coins are illustrated, most of them for the first time. The definitive study of the Jerash mint will certainly be the fundamental reference for the foreseeable future and three other Arab-Byzantine mints are published here for the first time.

The book is published by Archetype for the Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table and contains the papers presented at the Round Table conference held at Corpus Christi College Oxford in September 2016. The Round Table organises informal conferences for numismatists, archaeologists and historians with an interest in Late Antiquity/Early Islam in Syria/Palestine and the surrounding area. The next conference will be held in Worcester on 6^th and 7^th of April 2019. 

Newly published in August 2017, vi + 198 pp., illustrated throughout. Price £28

The book can be ordered from Tony Goodwin on a.goodwin2@btopenworld.com

CONTENTS

Preface, v

A new ‘Year 12’ parcel of Sasanian drachms (mostly Khusrau II), Susan Tyler-Smith, 1

Syrian gold coins under Persian rule – Re-attribution of fractional gold imitations up to now attributed by Hahn to the time of the Revolt of the Heraclii, Henri Pottier, 8

The Mints of Nicomedia and Cyzicus during the Persian War 610-620, Marcus Phillips, 11

Constantine IV embattled – what can his coins tell us?, Steve Mansfield, 33

The Chronology of the Arab Conquests, James Howard-Johnston, 41

The Phase 2 Coinage of Gerasa under Muʿawiya and his Successors, Andrew Oddy, 49

A new Byzantine-Arab mint: Canatha of the Decapolis, Andrew Oddy, 75

Pseudo-Scythopolis: a new Phase 2 Byzantine-Arab Mint in the Decapolis Region of Bilād al-Shām, Andrew Oddy and Vivien Prigent, 84

How to attribute? Classifying three confusing early Umayyad coins of seventh-century Syria, Ingrid Schulze, 96

Notes on Some Puzzling Legends on Seventh-Century Arab-Byzantine Coinage, David Woods, 109

Standing Caliph imagery revisited, Tony Goodwin, 119

Anṭākiya – A new Standing Caliph mint and die links in the jund Qinnasrīn, Wolfgang Schulze, 129

The Standing Caliph coins with the mint name Qūrus, Wolfgang Schulze, 141

Tabar – a new Standing Caliph mint?, Tony Goodwin, 152

The Standing Caliph Coins of Jerusalem – Important new die links, Ingrid Schulze, 156

The Roman/Byzantine and the Islamic Weight Systems – Two sides of the same coin, Dietrich Schnädelbach, 158

Arabic Glasses (coin weights, jetons and vessel stamps) from Umayyad Syria, Arianna D’Ottone Rambach, 175

Early Islamic Volume Measurements                                                                Nitzan Amitai-Preiss
196

The Royal Numismatic Society invites applications from postgraduate students and early career scholars who would like to present a paper as part of our 2018-2019 lecture series (running term-time from October to June). The talk should last around 30 minutes and can focus on any aspect of the study of coins, medals and related currency items.

Please forward a short abstract (c.200-300 words) along with your thesis or dissertation title and your university/college affiliation, to: Sushma Jansari (sjansari@britishmuseum.org).

The deadline is: Monday, 10th March 2018.

If you have any questions, please do get in touch.

The Royal Numismatic Society recently received an inquiry from somebody in the USA who is researching their family history. One line of research they are pursuing concerns the Haddock family of mariners from Leigh on Sea, Essex, from the 1300s to the late 1700s. 

In 1653, Parliament honoured Navy Capt. William Haddock (1607-1667) for gallantry during his service in the first Dutch War. The medal is described in W. H. Long (2010) Medals of the British Navy and How they Were Won (referred to on pages 14-15).

Is anybody in the Society able to provide any additional information about this medal, such as how and by whom it was made, aspects of its design beyond those noted by Long, and especially names of additional recipients who may have been Capt. Haddock’s colleagues?

Anybody with any relevant information is asked to contact Rebecca Darley (r.darley@bbk.ac.uk), who will pass the information on.

Hopefully the last in a series of posts about the website changes! It has come to our attention that the email addresses ending @numismatics.org.uk have not been working since 2nd December. If you have tried to contact the RNS or Henry Lythe and John Morcom using these email addresses in the last ten days, many apologies. The email addresses are now working again, so please re-send any inquiries or messages to ensure that they are received. Sorry for any inconvenience!

As you may have noticed, the RNS website has recently changed its appearance. This is a result of updates to ensure its continued stability and usability, and to enable future improvements. The changes should not have affected the content of the website, though some hyperlinks may not work properly for the next week or so. If, from mid-December onwards, you spot any links which are broken, please do let Rebecca Darley know (r.darley@bbk.ac.uk).

This change has also temporarily disabled the payment portals for donations and subscriptions. These should be back up and running by the end of the coming week, and in the meantime we apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

Other minor aspects of the website’s appearance may change over the next few days but posts will continue on the blog on a regular basis and you should still be able to find all the same information in the same places.

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