Knowledge (XXG)

Coin weights

Source 📝

17: 56:. Up to that point coins were only compared to coins of good quality. Islamic coin weights were made of bronze, iron, and later glass (considered to be unalterable). They bear inscriptions related to Islamic rulers and moneyers and are therefore valuable 16: 30:
are weights used to weigh precious-metal coins in order to assure they were not underweight (It is easy to shave a bit of metal off the edge of a silver or gold coin).
20:
An inscribed Islamic pound weight from 743. Made of glass, it is one of the oldest earliest Islamic dated objects in an American museum. In the collection of the
186: 155: 121: 213: 67:, where they were stamped with regular coin dyes to clarify their attribution. Islamic coin weights were introduced to 34: 178: 147: 202: 240: 172: 64: 21: 182: 151: 141: 117: 113: 107: 42: 137: 207: 234: 103: 68: 57: 49: 174:
Carolingian Coinage and the Vikings: Studies on Power and Trade in the 9th Century
99: 38: 15: 143:
Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires
33:
The usage of coin weights, especially glass ones, goes back to
109:
E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936
71:in the 9-10th century CE through the Vikings. 8: 94: 92: 90: 88: 86: 84: 80: 41:times. Coin weights were also known in 63:Coins weights were also known in the 7: 14: 203:"Department of Coins and Medals" 214:Trustees of the British Museum 1: 257: 179:Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 171:Coupland, Simon (2007). 148:Oxford University Press 24: 19: 50:Islamic civilization 140:(5 February 2009). 65:Carolingian Empire 52:, they are called 25: 22:Walters Art Museum 248: 225: 224: 222: 220: 199: 193: 192: 168: 162: 161: 138:Scheidel, Walter 134: 128: 127: 96: 256: 255: 251: 250: 249: 247: 246: 245: 231: 230: 229: 228: 218: 216: 201: 200: 196: 189: 170: 169: 165: 158: 150:. p. 144. 136: 135: 131: 124: 116:. p. 195. 98: 97: 82: 77: 12: 11: 5: 254: 252: 244: 243: 233: 232: 227: 226: 208:British Museum 194: 187: 163: 156: 129: 122: 104:Houtsma, M. Th 79: 78: 76: 73: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 253: 242: 239: 238: 236: 215: 211: 209: 204: 198: 195: 190: 188:9780860789918 184: 180: 176: 175: 167: 164: 159: 157:9780199714292 153: 149: 145: 144: 139: 133: 130: 125: 123:9789004082656 119: 115: 111: 110: 105: 101: 95: 93: 91: 89: 87: 85: 81: 74: 72: 70: 69:Great Britain 66: 61: 59: 55: 51: 46: 44: 43:Ancient China 40: 36: 31: 29: 23: 18: 217:. Retrieved 206: 197: 181:p. 38. 173: 166: 142: 132: 108: 100:Arnold, T.W. 62: 58:epigraphical 53: 47: 32: 28:Coin weights 27: 26: 241:Numismatics 60:objects. 39:Byzantine 35:Ptolemaic 235:Category 219:3 August 102:(1987). 54:Sanadjāt 210:exhibit 106:(ed.). 185:  154:  120:  114:Brill 75:Notes 221:2019 183:ISBN 152:ISBN 118:ISBN 37:and 48:In 237:: 212:. 205:. 177:. 146:. 112:. 83:^ 45:. 223:. 191:. 160:. 126:.

Index


Walters Art Museum
Ptolemaic
Byzantine
Ancient China
Islamic civilization
epigraphical
Carolingian Empire
Great Britain






Arnold, T.W.
Houtsma, M. Th
E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936
Brill
ISBN
9789004082656
Scheidel, Walter
Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires
Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780199714292
Carolingian Coinage and the Vikings: Studies on Power and Trade in the 9th Century
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN
9780860789918

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.