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Balog: Umayyad, 'Abbasid and Tulund. Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps

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Balog: Umayyad, 'Abbasid and Tulund. Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps
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Balog, Paul. UMAYYAD, 'ABBASID AND TULUND. GLASS WEIGHTS AND VESSEL STAMPS. The American Numismatic Society. 1976. 4to. (8), 322-pages. New York. original red cloth, gilt. 55 fine plates. Fine. Numismatic Studies No. 13. This book is an analysis of glass weights and vessel stamps of Umayyad, 'Abbasid and Tulund. The collection contains more than 270 weights and stamps of the Umayyad period, nearly 500 'Abbasid pieces with the names of caliphs, viceroys, governors and other officials known or unknown, 11 Tulund weights and measure stamps and, finally, about 130 anonymous weights and stamps, mostly of the 'Abbasid period. The importance of the present collection will be appreciated even more since only some 650 Umayyad glass pieces have been hitherto published and the total number of 'Abbasid and anonymous weights and stamps is less than 1400. Thus, the present catalogue contributes another 40 percent to the corpus of known Umayyad glass and nearly 50 percent to that of the 'Abbasid and anonymous weights and measure stamps. The eight issues of the Tulunds in our catalogue are all unpublished. Important. Lot weight: 3 lbs 0oz. Subject(s): Ancient Coinage.