@inbook{51637a5ea097409982876cf84cb407e9,
title = "Dirhams as circulating currency in southern Bilād al-Shām in the first Islamic centuries",
abstract = "The expanding role of the dirham in the monetary economy of southernBilād al-Shām (Syria Palestine) under the Marwānid Umayyads can be demonstrated through site finds, hoards and, to a limited degree, by epigraphic evidence dating from the period. This paper examines the nature of the steady adoption of a silver standard whereas, in earlier Byzantine times, coin metallurgy was almost exclusively gold (the solidus) and copper (the follis). The evidence shows that, by the mid-eighth century, silver coinage had become an integral part of the monetary economy of Bilād al-Shām.",
keywords = "Bilād al-Shām, silver coinage, hoards, market behaviour, Damascus, Baysan, Fihl, Jarash, Hims, numismatics",
author = "Alan Walmsley",
year = "2026",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789188763730",
series = "Commentationes de Nummis Saeculorum IX–XI in Suecia Repertis, Nova Series",
publisher = "The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities",
pages = "169--175",
editor = "Moesgaard, \{Jens Christian\}",
booktitle = "Damascus Papers - Proceedings from the Conference Kufic Coins – Symposium on Islamic Numismatics, from the 8th to the 11th Century, Damascus 5–7 November 2007",
note = "Kufic Coins - Damascus 2007 - Symposium on Islamic Numismatics, from the 8th to the 11th Century ; Conference date: 05-11-2007 Through 07-11-2007",
}