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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 (HCR19114)

Period

Islamic

Person

Dūst Muḥammad, 1842 - 1863

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1247 AH (=AD 1831-1832)

Obverse

سيم و طلا به شمس و قمر ميدهد نويد / وقت رواج سكه پاينده خان رسيد, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنه ١٢۴۷, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosedby double plain lobated square, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR17602)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

40 Para (New)

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra in centre

Islamic coin (HCR17608)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17627)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17635)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17702)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17716)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tuhgra

Islamic coin (HCR17720)

Period

Ottoman

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/26 (AD=1832–1833)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR18668)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1248 AH (=AD 1832-1833)

Obverse

١٢٤٨, leaf between two swords with date above, all enclosed by plain and beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس هرات, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19053)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Aḥmadpūr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1248 AH (=AD 1832-1833)

Obverse

سكه بر زر زد بتوفيق اله / خسرو گيتى ستان محمود شاه / ۱۲, Persian inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Reverse

ضرب احمدپور سنه ١٢ . ., Persian inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Islamic coin (HCR19080)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kāmrān Shāh, 1829 - 1842

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1248 AH (=AD 1832-1833)

Obverse

طلا از مهر آرد نقره از ماه * بزير بخت سكه كامران شاه, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by traces of plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب هرات ١٢۴۸, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR19134)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1248 AH (=AD 1832-1833)

Obverse

كنده بر خود چهره مهر عنان * سكه دولت سلطان زمان, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب پشاور جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR17609)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/27 (AD= 1833–1834)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17610)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/27 (AD= 1833–1834)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17703)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1223/27 (AD= 1833–1834)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR18762)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Urmīya (Urūmī) (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1249 AH (=AD 1833-1834)

Obverse

١٢٤٩, lion couchant and sun left and Arabic inscription below in field, enclosed by double linear circle, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ض ر ب ف ل س و / ارومى, Arabic word in field (last word of Arabic inscription in outer margin), enclosed by double linear circle, Arabic letters in incorrect order anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle