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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 (HCR10678)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Yubnā (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696=755)

Obverse

لا اله / الا الله / وحده, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three pointillate circles

Reverse

محمد / رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR10682)

Period

Islamic

Mint

`Ammān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

77–132 (AD= 696–750)

Obverse

Shahada

Reverse

Shahada

Islamic coin (HCR10683)

Period

Islamic

Mint

`Ammān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

77–132 (AD= 696–750)

Islamic coin (HCR10684)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Denom.

Fals

Dating

77–132 (AD= 696–750)

Islamic coin (HCR10685)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696-755)

Obverse

بسم الله / لا اله ا / لا الله وحده, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

محمد رسول الله, Six-pointed star centre, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR10686)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696-755)

Obverse

بسم الله / لا اله ا / لا الله وحده, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

محمد رسول الله, Six-pointed star centre, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR10687)

Period

Islamic

Mint

No mint (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

77–132 (AD= 696–750)

Obverse

Shahada

Reverse

Shahada

Islamic coin (HCR10697)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696-755)

Obverse

فلس و . . / واف و . . . / . . . . . / . . . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, partially off flan

Reverse

. . . . . . محمد رسول الله, six-pointed star? in field, point inside star, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR10698)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696-755)

Obverse

فلس وزن / واف عصر / ثمانية عشرة / قيرط ٤(؟), Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

[لا] اله اله الله محم[د رسول الله], Five-pointed star centre, point in centre of star, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR10699)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 77-137 AH (=AD 696-755)

Obverse

فلس وزن / واف عصر / ثمانية عشرة / قيرط ٤(؟), Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

[لا] اله اله الله محم[د رسول الله], Six-pointed star centre, point in centre of star, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin