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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 (HCR18517)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Ṭihrān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1236 AH (=AD 1820-1821)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار الخلافه طهران ۱۲۳۶, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR19072)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ayyūb Shāh, 1817 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1236 AH (=AD 1820-1821)

Obverse

سكه مبارك ايوب شاه پادشاه غازى ١٢٣٦, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

فلوس پشاور ۴, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle and 11-pointed star

Islamic coin (HCR19395)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1236 AH (=AD 1820-1821)

Obverse

صحيح / ١٢٣٦, two horizontal swords with Arabic word superimposed over the swords and the date in the tail of the last letter of the word

Reverse

فلوس كابل, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17556)

Period

Mint

Dar al-khilafa al-aliya

Denom.

Altın (1/4)

Dating

1223/15 (AD= 1821–1822)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17641)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Zolta

Dating

1223/15 (AD= 1821–1822)

Islamic coin (HCR17681)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1237 (AD= 1821–1822)

Islamic coin (HCR19073)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ayyūb Shāh, 1817 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1237 AH (=AD 1821-1822)

Obverse

سكه مبارك ايوب شاه پادشاه غازى, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

. . . . . / . . . . / پشاور / (سنه؟) ١٢٣٧, Persian inscription in field in the hollows of a quartered circle

Islamic coin (HCR19075)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ayyūb Shāh, 1817 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1237 AH (=AD 1821-1822)

Obverse

سكه مبارك ايوب شاه پادشاه غازى, Persian inscription in field separated into segments by quartered circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس (پشاور), fancy flowering stem in field with Persian inscription in field, enclosed by border of alternating pellets and two hash marks

Islamic coin (HCR19387)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1237 AH (=AD 1821-1822)

Obverse

none, sunface enclosed by hashed border

Reverse

دار السلطنه هرات ١٢ . ٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR17557)

Period

Mint

Dar al-khilafa al-aliya

Denom.

Altın (Old)

Dating

1223/16 (AD= 1822–1823)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17603)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1223/16 (AD= 1822–1823)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17604)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1223/16 (AD= 1822–1823)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17651)

Period

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1238 (AD= 1822–1823)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17679)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1238 (AD= 1822–1823)

Islamic coin (HCR17558)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Altın (New Adli)

Dating

1223/17 (AD= 1823–1824)

Obverse

سلطان سلاطين زمان عدلي محمود خان, Tughra in centre: legend around

Islamic coin (HCR17642)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/17 (AD= 1823–1824)

Obverse

ضرب في / بغداد / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17664)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1239 (AD=1823–1824)

Islamic coin (HCR17669)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/8)

Dating

1239 (AD=1823–1824)

Islamic coin (HCR18514)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 toman

Dating

1238 AH (=AD 1823-1824)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by two thin linear circles and a pointillate circle, background vine pattern

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه تبريز ١٢۳۸, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two thin linear circle, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle, background vine pattern