In the Islamic currency system, the first coin that bore an Arabic inscription was called a dinar and was similar, in both size and weight, to the Byzantine solidus. In the margin surrounding the ...

This was really the moment where the Islamic empire was creating a new ... s permanent numismatic display — a dark room with ancient coins from Greece to China, protected behind plexiglass ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins ... was among the largest caches of ancient coins found in Israel.

An article published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Policy, “Ancient Muslim Texts Confirm ... bath found under the al-Aqsa mosque and Islamic coins with a Jewish menorah imprinted ...

(photo credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) Israel Police managed to recover 21 ancient coins, ranging from the Hasmonean era to the Muslim period, from an east Jerusalem resident who had ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins ... was among the largest caches of ancient coins found in Israel.