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HEUNIVERSITYMUSEUM,

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PashaCollection,nowthe

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43 Fatimiddinars,mostofthem

condition.Combinedwith194

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ecesconstitutessurelyoneof the

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ectionto theAmericanNumis-

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icle.MostFatimidgoldissues are

tthisdate,nearlyonehundred

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at onemeetswithanunpublished

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y140ineditedissues.

descriptionshavebeenreduced

twithaccuracy.Publishedtypes

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umismaticSocietyMuseumNotes,III(1948),p.93.

bbasiddinarsinthe UniversityMuseumcollection

le.Other'Abbasidcoinsin thesamecollection

Coins(ANSNumismaticNotesandMonographs,

96 inthepublishedcataloguesoftheBritish

formerKhedivialLibraryinCairo,and386in the

Paris.

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etoasingle previouspublication,

ostaccessibleworks,i.e.the

Khedivialcatalogues(inthat

secollectionslacktheparticular

to refertootherpublications.3

ed*)areeither(a)describedin

mmonpublishedtypesin which

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etail ofmintordate,or both

ationsprecededby"cf."imply,

cribesanidenticalissuebut that,

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yinscriptionsis thesame.

indicatedin thelastcolumnof

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aticSociety.Thecoinsinthe

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onsareusedin citingreferences:BMIV&IX=

ogueofOrientalCoinsin theBritishMuseum(Lon-

O=J. FarrugiadeCandia,"MonnaiesFatimites

eTunisienne,1936;BARDO,SUPPL.=J.Far-

esFatimitesduMuseeduBardo(Premiersup-

nne,1948;CASANOVA=P.Casanova,Inventaire

desMonnaiesMusulmanesdeS.A.la Princesse

NOVA,RN1894=P.Casanova,"Dinarsinedits

matique,1894;CORA=LuigiCora,"Unosguardo

biinSicilia,"BollettinodelCircoloNumismatico

49;DORNI=L'Academicien(Bernhard)Dorn,

esKhalifesOrientauxetdeplusieursautres dynasties,

bourg,1877);FRAEHN,SUPPL.=Bernh.

SupplementaadrecensionemNumorummuham-

855);KHEDIVIAL=StanleyLane-Poole,

nofArabicCoinspreservedintheKhedivialLibrary

ANE-POOLE,CALVERT=S.Lane-Poole,

rt'sCollection,"NumismaticChronicle,1885,

A.Markov,InventarniiKatalogmusulmanskikh

896);MILAN=ConteCarloOttavioCastiglioni,

useodi Milano(Milano,1819);NZ1876=Dr.Otto

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helateHowlandWood'scollec-

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e onpermanentloanfromthe

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ongthecoins intheex-Newell

narsfroma hoardofunfortu-

enanceconsistingof152pieces,

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mayyadsofSpain(HishmII),

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meria.These coinsaredesig-

epresentspecimenstheauthor

ea quiteextensivecorpusof

dFtimidcoins.Thiscorpusis,

nymoresourcesthanthose cited

cherMiinzen,"NumismatischeZeitschrift,1876;

heArabic MintsinPalestineandTrans-Jordan,"

tmentofAntiquitesin Palestine,1948,pp.121127;

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seNationaldeCopenhague(Copenhague,1938);

meoLagumina,CatalogodelieMoneteArabe

omunalediPalermo(Palermo,1892);PARIS=

esMonnaiesMusulmanesdelaBibliothqueNa-

ris1896);RN1935 =R.Cottevieille-Giraudet,

anche(MonnaiesMusulmanes)auCabinetdes

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atiqueBelge,1864,pp.289-359;SCHULMAN=

manofAmsterdam,referredto bydate;SORET

Fraehn,surlesexemplairesinditsdela

ientalesdeMr.FrdricSoret,"MmoiresSoc.Imp.

sbourg,1851;TIESENHAUSEN,MLANGESII

ngesdeNumismatiqueOrientale,"Revuedela

5;ZAMBAUR,CONTRIBUTIONSII=E.von

laNumismatiqueOrientale,"Numismatische

hmedZia,Meskkt-iIslamiyehTaqvmi(Con-

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exandria):435-436,438,450,463,465,

99,501-515.517,519-520,522-526,

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sr(AlexandriaofEgypt)?:337.

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a):364-365,367, 379,394,408,

55.456,463-465.47L475,495-

Tripolitania):370,374,415,425.

66,472-474,484,487,488,490,

):503,505-507,509-510.

.e.Ramla):359,363-365,367-371,373,

99,404.412,420,423-424,428,

45,447,449,455,459.

usah(Cairo):394.

ouaninTunisia):296-297,299-301,

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mmad(?):500.

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86,488,490-546,548-556,558,

356,362,470,564.

hirah(=Cairo):518-521,523,525,

ral-Qayrawan):338-348,351-371,

4-45.4o8,41-412.4H,4l6-438-

a):311-312,314-318,320-321,

49,353,356-357,360-384,386,

96,399,401-402,404-405.

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