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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 (HCR19420)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1253 AH (=AD 1837-1838)

Obverse

none, sunface in field

Reverse

فلوس احمدشاهى ١٢٥٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR19421)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1253 AH (=AD 1837-1838)

Obverse

none, sunface in field

Reverse

فلوس احمدشاهى ١٢٥٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12340)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1254 (AD= 1838–1839)

Islamic coin (HCR12345)

Period

Islamic

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1254 (AD= 1838–1839)

Islamic coin (HCR12346)

Period

Islamic

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

Uncertain

Dating

1254 (AD= 1838–1839)

Islamic coin (HCR17623)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/32 (AD= 1838–1839)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17637)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1223/32 (AD= 1838–1839)

Obverse

Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17726)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/32 (AD= 1838–1839)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR18535)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1254 AH (=AD 1838-1839)

Obverse

محمد شاهنشه انبياء, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles that are divided by boarder of three pellet triangles

Reverse

ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١٢٥٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles that are divided by boarder of three pellet triangles

Islamic coin (HCR19056)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Bhakhar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1254 AH (=AD 1838-1839)

Obverse

سكه بر زر زد بتوفيق اله * خسرو گيتى ستان محمود شاه, Persian inscription in field, partly enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

ضرب بهكهر سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس / ١٢٥٤, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19081)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kāmrān Shāh, 1829 - 1842

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1254 AH (=AD 1838-1839)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب هرات ١٢۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19423)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1254 AH (=AD 1838-1839)

Obverse

none, flower between two swords in field

Reverse

(ضر)ب احمدشاهى ١٢٥٤, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19424)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

125(4) AH (=AD 1838-1839)

Obverse

فلوس, Arabic word within rose design

Reverse

احمدشاهى ١٢٥٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17768)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

60 Para

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17769)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

60 Para

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17771)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17772)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17825)

Period

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Islamic coin (HCR17826)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

Tughra, ش ١٠

Islamic coin (HCR17831)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1255/1 (AD= 1839–1840)

Obverse

۵\ پ, Tughra above legend