Specialists in coins of ancient Iran and neighboring regions present papers in honor of numismatic curator Michael L. Bates. Their topics include ancient Iranian stamp seals in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, four consecutive local governors of Fars in the period AH 70-83, the numismatic evidence of the Umayyads and their opponents in Kirman (31-84 H), metrological contexts for Crusader imitations of Ayyubid silver dirhams, and pre-Islamic coins from eastern Arabia recently acquired by the American Numismatic Society. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The present volume is dedicated to Michael L. Bates, Curator Emeritus of Islamic Coins at the American Numismatic Society.
