Thanks to the generosity of our Honorary Fellow Mr Samir Shamma, in 1992 the Royal Numismatic Society established a prize to be awarded every two years for the book or article(s) published, normally and preferably in English, during the previous three years which in the view of the Council is most useful to students of Islamic numismatics.

• The value of the prize will be £1,500.
• The winner will be chosen at the February Council meeting from a short-list agreed at the January meeting.
• The Council reserves the right to make no award if in its opinion no work of sufficient quality is nominated.