Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 4561. Estimate $20.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Shams-Eshragh, A. A Study of the Earliest Coinage of the Islam Empire. (Isfahan, 1990). 230 pages, of which 52 are photographic plates. Covers Arab-Sasanian, Arab-Byzantine and Umayyad coinage. Text in Persian, with some notes and tables in English. A scarce work. Green casebound with dust jacket. Fine condition. ($20)