Raising questions about my attitude to antisemitism was both completely unwarranted and deeply offensive Honi soit qui mal y pense
Adds to what Alan DeShazo already told me via Academia. I first came across Michael Bates at a conference in London (1976?). The great Turkish...
Many thanks anyhow for the attempt. Sumayr is sure turning out to be a difficult guy to track down! Rob
Interesting – perhaps something that could be chased up off group. For my own part I have had discussion about this with Wasserstein – who I felt...
Many thanks! A few questions follow, but first I think I should show what Maqrizi actually wrote about Sumayr - probably in 1405 AD. [Translation...
Just for further info - there is considerable agreement that Sumayr created and struck some rare but lovely coins for Hajjaj ibn Yusuf - below...
Many thanks indeed @Orielensis I am just as puzzled as you The text I got my info from is here...
Can any kind soul assist? Medieval sources repeatedly mention a Jewish guy variously called Sumayr or Sumoir (or indeed all sorts of variants on...
Seems to me this is just one of many Brexits - throughout history - and in retrospect they mostly seem productive enough England apparently got...
Yes - lots of Roman gold and silver coin in South India. All the old books tend to say the Kushans too got their stater weight by copying the...
Thanks for the link. Now had time to hunt around a bit - results are a bit disconcerting....... As to the standard - my best guess would be...
Wow - thanks! I had not seen this link to Keeladi But first an apology and correction of my mental block early this am. The Chola silver is...
Yep - See my book pages 147 onwards https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology_2nd_revision_May_2020_ 3.43g was...
Interesting comment. Chola silver apparently used the same weight standard as my Shahi masthead - seems to be close to 3.43g. So very close to...
Magadha/Mauryan PMCs remain for me the greatest of unsolved numismatic puzzles. Yet they remain for the most part unconsidered and unloved. Back...
Fraid that is not really the way I see it Kevin. Within 20th century archaeological parlance what was going on back then in Germany was to a large...
Interesting idea – but I think it needs a bit of a clarification. The Ming dynasty itself started with a rebellion against the Yuan. The Abbasids...
I hope you do! These are so neglected............ This - your worn second coin is probably GH 486 - but too worn to be certain. The first...
Yes. Surely Alauddin Khilji was great by any standards. Seems to me most Sultanate, Suri and Early Moghul rulers tried (and largely failed) to...
I too would be cautious about such matters. In England we know Henry VIII confiscated a lot of treasure from monasteries yet this went hand in...
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