Status Coin - Sale 389

Islamic: Oriental Coins & their values, The World of Islam by Michael Mitchener, pub Hawkens London 1977, 503 pgs, profusely illustrated throughout, 210 x 300mm. The best book on Islamic coins from the creation of the Islamic Caliphate with extensive background notes & explanations text in both English & Arabic. Chapters covers Arab-Byzantine, Arab-Sasanian, Hephthalites, Abbasid, Medieval Spain & North Africa, Post Abbasid, Dynasties of West Central & Eastern Provinces. The Ayyubid-Seljuq period, The Mamluke-Ottoman period, South Arabia & East Africa, The Mongol period in the East, Post Timanid Dynasties, Iran & Afghanistan under the Safavids & their successors, Larins, East & West during the Islamic period, The Sultan of Delhi, The Mogul Empire & its successors, Islands of India in Malaya & Indonesia. Mammoth work & without doubt the best book ever produced on these coins. VG used condition with sl rubbing to the spine.
Estimate A$450