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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 (HCR17655)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1223 (AD=1808–1809)

Islamic coin (HCR17656)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1223 (AD=1808–1809)

Islamic coin (HCR17760)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tarablusgharb

Denom.

Fals

Dating

No date. 1223–1255 (AD= 1808–1839)

Reverse

Hexagram within circles of dots

Islamic coin (HCR18502)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/8 Riyāl

Dating

1223 AH (=AD 1808-1809)

Obverse

السلطان بن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان اصفهان ۱۲۲۳, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18520)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/8 Riyāl

Dating

1223 AH (=AD 1808-1809)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد ۱۲۲۳, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19001)

Period

Person

Shujā‘ al-Mulk, 2nd reign, 1804 - 1809

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1223 AH (=AD 1808-1809)

Obverse

سكه زد بر سيم و زر چون مهر و ما * شاه دين پرور شجاع الملك شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب اشرف البلاد احمدشاهى ۱۲۲۳, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19029)

Period

Person

Qayṣar Shāh, 1804 - 1804

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1223 AH (=AD 1808)

Obverse

سكه زد در جهان بفضل اله * گشت رايج بنام قيصر شاه ١٢٢٣, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب خطه كشمير سنه ٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19030)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 2nd reign, 1810 - 1818

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1223 AH (=AD 1808-1809)

Obverse

سكه بر زر زد بتوفيق اله / خسرو گيتى ستان محمود شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب اشرف البلاد احمدشاهى ١٢٢٣, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR99799)

Period

Mint

Harar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1223? AH (=AD 1808)

Obverse

لا اله / الا الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

محمد / رسول / الله / سنة ١٢٢٣, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17538)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/2 (AD= 1809–1810)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17570)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/2 (AD= 1809–1810)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17657)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1224 (AD= 1809–1810)

Islamic coin (HCR18972)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1224 AH (=AD 1809)

Obverse

شد جهان روشن تر از خور شيد و ماه * از شعاع سكه ايوب شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات / ۱۲٢۵, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR18973)

Period

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1224 AH (=AD 1809)

Obverse

شد جهان روشن تر از خور شيد و ماه * از شعاع سكه ايوب شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات / ۱۲٢۵, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR18975)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1224 AH (=AD 1809)

Obverse

شد جهان روشن تر از خور شيد و ماه * از شعاع سكه ايوب شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by traces of plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات / ۱٢٢٦, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by traces of plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19037)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

circa 1224-1233 AH (=AD 1809-1818)

Obverse

حسن ديگر بزر و سيم فزود * سكه دولت سلطان محمود, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطن كابل ٨, Persian inscription in field in a complex interweaving pattern

Islamic coin (HCR99800)

Period

Mint

Harar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1224 AH (=AD 1809)

Obverse

لا اله / الا الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

محمد / رسول / الله / سنة /١٢٢٤, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17539)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/3 (AD= 1810–1811)

Obverse

Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17572)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/3 (AD= 1810–1811)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17573)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/3 (AD= 1810–1811)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend