On Saturday, November 13, specialists in the coinage of the eastern Mediterranean in the seventh century gathered again to discuss the humble little copper coins with representations of Byzantine emperors and Greek inscriptions that were issued by the Arabs, or under Arab rule, or imported into Arab Muslim territory; in fact, the most interesting of these are often those with the most mysterious origins. The meeting was once again organized by Charles Karukstis, whose help and support are greatly appreciated.

Nine of the thirteen participants gave papers or informal presentations, and all participated in the lively discussions. The meeting began at 10:00 after coffee, doughnuts, and warm-up conversation. The more formal presentations were:

• Cécile Morrisson, "Anomalous Byzantine coins and Arab Byzantine issues in Northern Syrian excavations."
• Charles Karukstis, "Meshorer’s ‘Enigmatic Coin’ Revisited.
• Henri Pottier, "Heavy anomalous folles in the name of Heraclius issued in Syria during the Persian war (610-630)” (read by Cécile Morrisson)
• Peter Lampinen, "Anomalous Arab-Byzantine Material in the Caesariyya Museum
• Clive Foss, "Some Anomalous Arab-Byzantine Coins.
• Harry Bone, "On Variations in the Weight and Diameter of the Standing Caliph Coppers.

Before lunch, Michael Bates read a series of e-mail communications from Lutz Ilisch of Tübingen University suggesting a classification of Byzantine and Arab-Byzantine issues by fabric.

Jay Galst showed slides of recent acquisitions and other remarkable coins in his collection, and Emmett McDonald brought some actual three-dimensional examples for display.

Dr. Chase Robinson, an Oxford lecturer now at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, concluded the meeting with brief remarks from the point of view of a non-numismatist historian. Others present at the meeting were Gordon Frost, Eric Ivison,William J. Leitold, David Olster, and Lawrence Silbert.