DIGITAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COINS
Arabismatica
أرابيزماتيكا
Explore coins from across the Arab world, Islamic history, and the ancient Near East
Catalogues
Modern Arab States
1916–presentPost-Ottoman state coinage · 20 Arab nations including Palestine · modern mints
Ottoman Empire
In preparation1299–1922 CEBridges Islamic dynasties and modern Arab states · entire Arab world simultaneously · next major catalogue · 50,000+ coins in preparation
Islamic Dynasties
622–1299 CEUnited by Arabic Quranic inscriptions · from Spain to Central Asia
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DEDICATED CATALOGUES
Pre-Islamic Persia
550 BCE–651 CEPersian imperial dynasties · direct predecessors to Islamic coinage
Hellenistic & Ancient Near East
336–31 BCEGreek successor kingdoms ruling Arab and Persian lands
Rome in the Arab World
64 BCE–395 CEEastern provincial mints only · Antioch · Alexandria · Tyre · Caesarea
Byzantine & Crusader
395–1291 CEChristian empires whose coinage circulated across the Islamic world
Phoenician & Ancient Levant
1200–64 BCECity-states of the Levantine coast · earliest coinage of the Arab world
Reference & Tools
Academic resources for the Arab and Islamic numismatist