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Islamic

The Islamic collection contains c. 10,000 coins from across the Islamic world, with strong representation from the early caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) particularly in the region of Iraq and Iran. The collection is in the process of publication in the Sylloge of Islamic coins in the Ashmolean series (SICA) of which seven volumes have appeared so far – Volume 1 (The pre-reform coinage of the early Islamic period); volume 2 (Early post-reform coinage); volume 3 (Early Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 4 (Later Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 6 (The Egyptian dynasties); Volume 9 (Iran after the Mongol invasion); Volume 10 (Arabic and East Africa).

Islamic coin (HCR16064)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Altmishlik = 60 para

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

N/A, Girāy toughra

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٩١ / ۴, Persian inscription in field with tamgha above

Islamic coin (HCR16065)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

piastre = 40 para

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

N/A, toughra of Khān

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٩١ / ٥, Persian inscription in field with tamgha above

Islamic coin (HCR16066)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Kaffa (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

ischal = 10 kopeck

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

N/A, toughra of Khān

Reverse

٦ / ضرب في كف / ١١٩١, Persian inscription in field with tamgha to right and regnal year above

Islamic coin (HCR16067)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

kyrmis = 5 kopeck

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

خان / شاهين كراي / احمد كراي / ساطان, Persian inscription in field with second and third lines within cartouches, enclosed by striated border

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٩١ / ٥, Persian inscription in field with tamgha above, all enclosed by floral border

Islamic coin (HCR16068)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

kyrmis = 5 kopeck

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

خان / شاهين كراي / احمد كراي / ساطان, Persian inscription in field with second and third lines within cartouches, enclosed by striated border

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٩١ / ٥, Persian inscription in field with tamgha above, all enclosed by floral border

Islamic coin (HCR16069)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic)

Denom.

kyrmis = 5 kopeck

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

خان / شاهين كراي / احمد كراي / ساطان, Persian inscription in field with second and third lines within cartouches, enclosed by striated border

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٩١ / ٥, Persian inscription in field with tamgha above, all enclosed by floral border

Islamic coin (HCR16633)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1775 - 1809

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1191 AH (=AD 1777-1778)

Obverse

المنصور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil

Reverse

امير المؤمنين / ضربت بصنعا / ١١٩١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17475)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1191 (AD= 1777–1778)

Islamic coin (HCR17477)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/8)

Dating

1191 (AD= 1777–1778)

Islamic coin (HCR17474)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1187/6 (AD= 1778–1779)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR18459)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ganja (Islamic)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1192 AH (=AD 1778)

Obverse

يا صاحب الزمان, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

يا كريم ضرب گنجه ١١٩٢, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18865)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Bhakhar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1192 AH (=AD 1778)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه, Persian inscription in and around central cartouche, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب بهكهر جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ۱۱۹۲, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche