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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 (HCR13530)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir, 1180 - 1225, al-Kāmil Muḥammad, 1218 - 1238

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Obverse

الملك الكامل / ناصر الدنيا و ا / لدين محمد بن ابي بكر,, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

الامام النصر / ولي عهده عدة / الدنيا و الدين محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles