The aim is to study and catalogue all coins from the Umayyad period (AD 696–750) that have been found in excavations in Israel. Thereby, a unique data set can be assembled, which will provide new insights into the monetary and economic history of the Early Islamic period. For one thing, coins that do not bear mint indications be assigned to production areas using the distribution patterns that emerge from the archaeological data. On the other hand, the flows of coined money and inter-regional relationships can be analyzed, for which no other sources are available. It is also to be hoped that the publication of a large corpus of coins will stimulate other studies of Early Islamic numismatics. The archaeology of this period will also greatly benefit from this synthesis. In 2025, the Österreichische Numismatische Gesellschaft published in cooperation with the ÖAI a catalogue of Umayyad copper coins, which contains a detailed discussion of various aspects of these issues, and which can serve as a reference work for future studies.

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