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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 (HCR12580)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

362 AH (= AD 972–973)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14405)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid)

Mint

Sīrāf (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

362 (=AD 972–973)

Obverse

ر / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field with annulet below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle and five equidistant annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / المطيع لله / الامير العدل / عضد الدولة / ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14313)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976, Muḥammad b. Ibrahīm b. Simjūrī

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

363 AH (=AD 973-974)

Obverse

الولي / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المطيع لله / منصور / بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark above left, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14330)

Period

Islamic

Person

Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid), ‘Izz al-Dawla, Abū ‘Alī Manṣūr Bakhtīyār (Būyid), 967 - 978

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

362 AH (=AD 973-974)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / عز الدولة / ابو منصور / بويه, Arabic inscription in field with pellet above, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله / عليه و سلم / المطيع لله / ركن الدولة / ابو علي / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14394)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Kard Fanā Khusra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

363 AH (=AD 973-974)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field with upturned crescent above and annulet below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five large equidistant annulets

Reverse

ف / محمد رسول الله / المطيع لله / الامير العدل / عضد الدولة / ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field with annulet below and letter above, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11944)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

364 (=AD 974–975)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles

Reverse

الامام الحكم / امير المؤمنين / المستنصر بالله / عامر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles

Islamic coin (HCR14314)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976, Muḥammad b. Ibrahīm b. Simjūrī

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

364 AH (=AD 974-975)

Obverse

الولي / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المطيع لله / منصور / بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14331)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

364 AH (=AD 974-975)

Obverse

ابن / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الطائع لله / الملك العدل / عضد الدولة / ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14447)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

364 (=AD 974–975)

Islamic coin (HCR11921)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

365 (=AD 975–976)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Reverse

الامام الحكم / امير المؤمنين / المستنصر بالله / عامر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR12589)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

365 AH (= AD 975–976)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12614)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 365-386 AH (=AD 975-996)

Obverse

عبد الله و وليه نزار الامام العزيز بالله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12618)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 975-996)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12620)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 975-996)

Obverse

ولي / المسلمين / عهد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and anti-clockwise Arabic inscription

Reverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12621)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 975-996)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12622)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 975-996)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing two anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12635)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 975-997)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions