In the first part, the essay reconstructs the history and events ofthe two public collections of Islamic coins kept in Sicilian capital: the Medal Cabinet
of the former National Museum of Palermo (today A. Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum) and the Nummarium of the Municipal Library, using
the information handed down by contemporary historians and especially that
derived from the letters exchanged between the Archaeologist A. Salinas, the
Numismatist B. Lagumina and the Arabist M. Ainari.
The second part of the paper provides a list and a brief description ofthe 90
Islamic glass jetons belonging to the collection of the Archaeological Museum.
