KILIÇ, Serkan Akdeniz Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Sanat Tarihi Bölümü, Turkey

Islamic Countermarks on the Obverse of the Byzantine Anonymous Follises

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In this study, a prediction is made as to when and why the use of the countermark occurred, and this is discussed, together with general information concerning the varieties of Islamic countermark struck on Byzantine coinage (anonymous follises). The 11 examples of Islamic countermarks found on the Byzantine anonymous follises are divided into their different variants. The aim of this study was to define the main subject and to analyse and evaluate the related data resulting from the current research. In addition, detailed information is provided in the catalogue of those Byzantine anonymous follises carrying Islamic countermarks.

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Byzantine , Seljuk , coins , anonymous follis , seal , Islamic countermark

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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