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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 (HCR14520)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Toghān-Khān Aḥmad b. ‘Alī (Qarākhānid), 994 - 1016

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

405 AH (=AD 1014-1015)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription with ornament above in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / القادر بالله / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Untitled coin (HCR14567)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

405 AH (=AD 1014-1015)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم / و امين / الملة, Arabic inscription in field and ending in segments around, ornament above, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Arabic inscription in field with Arabic word to the left and ornament to right, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12022)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

406 (=AD 1015–1016)

Islamic coin (HCR12023)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

407 (=AD 1016–1017)

Islamic coin (HCR12024)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

408 (=AD 1017–1018)

Islamic coin (HCR12774)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Arzan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / القادر بالله / الملك شاهانشاه / ابو شجاع / ص, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14373)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān al-Dawla, Abū Shujā (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله ولي / عهده الغالب بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by partially legible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

ح / لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / شاهانشاه سلطان الدولة ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR113364)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, 996 - 1021

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

عبد الله و وليه / الامام الحاكم بامر الله امير / المؤمنين و عبد الرحيم / ولي عهد المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا / شريك له / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14486)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shams al-Dawla (Būyid), 997 - 1021, ’Alā’ al-Dawla, Abū Ja’far Muḥammad (Kākwayhid), 1008 - 1042, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

409? AH (=AD 1018-1019)

Obverse

؟ / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / محمد بن دشمنزار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ملك الملوك / شمس الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in margin

Untitled coin (HCR14568)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

409 AH (=AD 1018-1019)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

Arabic inscription in field and ending around in segments, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12025)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

410 (=AD 1019–1020)

Islamic coin (HCR12770)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

الا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / نصر الدولة / ابو نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12771)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / القادر بالله / الملك شاهانشاه / ابو شجاع / س, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14569)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / و امين الملة / ولي امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14622)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

لله / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with triangle of pellets at top left and right, enclosed by two plain circles with equidistant annulets, enclosed by mostly off flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

عدل / محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة و امين / الملة نظام الد(ين) / ابو الق(سم), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles with equidistant annulets, enclosed by mostly illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14642)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Bust (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

410 AH? (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with large pellet above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by thin plain circle

Reverse

محمد / رسول الله / يمين الدولة, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR12681)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh, 1149 - 1154

Denom.

Dinar (fractional)

Dating

circa 411-427 AH (=AD 1020-1036)

Obverse

الظاهر / لاعزاز دين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by three concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions (second off flan)

Reverse

محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, pellet centre, enclosed by three concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions (second off flan)

Islamic coin (HCR12683)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir li-I‘zāz Dīn Allāh, 1021 - 1036

Mint

Sicily

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 1020-1036)

Obverse

الظاهر لاعزاز دين / الله امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from ?h, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from ?h, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12772)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

411 AH (=AD 1020-1021)

Obverse

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

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14487)

Period

Islamic

Person

Majd al-Dawla, Abū Ṭālib (Būyid), ’Alā’ al-Dawla, Abū Ja’far Muḥammad (Kākwayhid), 1008 - 1042, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

411? AH (=AD 1020-1021)

Obverse

محمود / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / مجد الدولة / محمد بن دشمنزار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

محمود / الله احد الله / الصمد لم يلد و / لم يولد و لم يكن / له كفوا احد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin