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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4406937, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s wonderful news – thanks for the link! I had tried to purchase a copy of Album&#039;s Checklist in the past, but it was out of print and used copies tended to be ridiculously expensive. And since the institutional library I usually frequent in order to look up numismatic references is currently closed due to the Corona crisis, I unfortunately didn&#039;t have access to this book in the last weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I immediately downloaded the pdf file. Now, I can finally add proper catalogue references to some of my more recent medieval acquisitions:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106973[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Abbasid Caliphate, under Harun al-Rashid, AR dirham, 787/8 AD (171 AH), Al-Abbasiyah mint. Obv: beginning of kalima (“There is no deity except / (the one) God alone / He has no equal”), mint-date-formula around. Rev: second part of kalima (“Muhammad / is the Messenger / of God&quot;); citing governor Yazid in lower field; around, Surah IX, 33 (“Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it”). 23.5mm; 2.94g. Ref: Album 219.2. Ex Allen G. Berman.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1106976[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Umayyads in Spain (Emirate of Córdoba), under al-Hakam I (Alhaquén), AR dirham, 805/6 AD (190 AH), Al-Andalus mint. Obv: beginning of kalima, mint-date-formula around. Rev: Surah 112 and IX, 33. 26.5mm, 2.56g. Miles 81c; Album 341.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1106975[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Great Mongols, under Genghis (Chingiz) Khan or slightly later, BI jital, 1220s/1230s AD, Nimruz (Sistan) mint. Obv: &quot;qa’an / al-‘adil&quot; (&#039;the just khan&#039;). Rev: &quot; zarb-i/ Nimruz&quot; (&#039;struck in Nimruz&#039;). 14.5mm, 3.42g. Ref: Tye –; Album A1973.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1106974[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Ayyubids of Aleppo, An-Nasir Yusuf (“al-Nasir Yusuf II”), AR dirham, 1250–1259 AD, Dimashq (Damascus mint).&nbsp; Obv: regent’s title in square, circle with marginal inscription around. Rev: title of caliph al-Musta‘sim in square, circle with marginal inscription around. Ref: Album 843.1. 23mm, 2.7g.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the foreword is worth reading. Note what Mr. Album has to say about slabbing: &quot;If acquisition of rare Islamic coins comes to be regarded more as investment than numismatic enjoyment, it is likely that slabbing Islamic coins will come to predominate for expensive items. Personally, I find the very concept utterly disgusting, as an obnoxious disregard for the intellectual pleasure of collecting.&quot; (p.6). There is nothing to add.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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