Title: Christian-Islamic Symbiosis Emerged In
Money: Coins As A Tool For Political And Economic Propaganda
Author(s): Aram R. VARDANYAN
Journal: SHEDET(Annual Peer-Reviewed Journal Issued
By The Faculty Of Archaeology, Fayoum University)
Issue: 2 Date: 2015
Pages: 23-39
Cite as: Aram R. VARDANYAN.
(2015).Christian-Islamic Symbiosis Emerged In Money: Coins As A Tool For
Political And Economic Propaganda. SHEDET(Annual Peer-Reviewed Journal Issued By
The Faculty Of Archaeology, Fayoum University), 2 (2015) pp. 23-39. https://doi.org/10.36816/shedet.002.11
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Christian-Islamic Symbiosis Emerged In Money: Coins As A
Tool For Political And Economic Propaganda
Aram R. VARDANYAN
This paper discusses the political and economic compromises of Near-Eastern
rulers of XI – XIII centuries as reflected in contemporary coinage. An analysis
of reasons that enabled hybrid coinage combining contemporary Islamic and
Christian motifs is also offered in this essay. From this point of view, a
special significance must be attached to the role of local Christian or Muslim
communities, their relationship with each other, an adequate perception and
tolerance exercised by local rulers in terms of medieval multi-ethnic and
multi-confessional society. On the other hand, international trade would demand
for rulers to secure paradigms commonly used in Islamic coinage, in order to
allow a coin participate in both near and far away trade.