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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 (HCR16307)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 536-570 AH (=AD 1141-1175)

Obverse

ناصر الدنيا / و الدين شرف / الإسلام, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

ذا النون بن / الملك محمد سيف / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR16308)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nizām al-Dīn Yaghī Basān, 1141 - 1164

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 536-559 AH (=AD 1141-1164)

Obverse

الملك العادل / نظام الدين ياغي ب[سان] / بن ملك غازي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

بن ملك دانشمند ظ[ا]هر امير المؤمنين, Roman-style bust to right in field, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12837)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (Seljūq of Iran), 1134 - 1152, al-Muqtafī b-Amr Allāh, 1136 - 1160

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

538 AH (=AD 1143-1144)

Obverse

المام / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / المقتفي لامر الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه /مغز الدنيا / و الدين و غياث / الدنيا و الدين / سنجر / و مسعود, Arabic inscription in field and to left and right, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12076)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qurtuba (Qurṭuba, Cordova) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Qirat

Dating

539–540 (AD 1144–1146)

Islamic coin (HCR12077)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qurtuba (Qurṭuba, Cordova) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Qirat

Dating

539–540 (AD 1144–1146)

Islamic coin (HCR12078)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qurtuba (Qurṭuba, Cordova) (Islamic)

Denom.

Qirat

Dating

539–540 (AD 1144–1146)

Islamic coin (HCR12181)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Fas (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

539 (AD= 1144–1145)

Islamic coin (HCR13063)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dīn Qarā Arslān, 1144 - 1175

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 539-570 AH (=Ad 1144-1175)

Obverse

معين امير / المؤمنين, facing figure of Christ seated on throne, Arabic inscription upwards to right and downwards to left

Reverse

الملك العا / لم العادل / فخر الدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12079)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Mertula (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Qirat

Dating

539–546 (AD= 1145–1152)

Islamic coin (HCR14937)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bāmiyān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 540-558 AH (=AD 1145-1162)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله المستنج(د) / بالله امير المؤ / منين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pelleted circles

Reverse

محمد رسول / الله ملك الشرق / مسعود بن الحسين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pelleted circles

Islamic coin (HCR14940)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bāmiyā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

jītal

Dating

circa 540-558 AH (=AD 1145-1163)

Obverse

باميان, Arabic word in field, enclosed by radiant circle

Reverse

N/A, ornament centre, enclosed by hexagram

Islamic coin (HCR14944)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

jītal

Dating

circa 540-558 AH (=AD 1145-1163)

Obverse

ملك / الشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

فريم؟, mint mark centre, enclosed by hexagram

Islamic coin (HCR13280)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13281)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13282)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13283)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13284)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13291)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13292)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-569 AH (=AD 1146-1173)

Obverse

العادل / نور الدين, Two standing forward-facing Byzantine figures, two vertical Arabic inscriptions at left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامراء / محمود, Standing, facing figure of Christ, two vertical inscriptions in Arabic to either side of figure, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13294)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1146 - 1174

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 541-570 AH (=AD 1146-1174)

Obverse

الملك العادل, Arabic inscription in field with various ornaments around inscription, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

محمود بن زنكي, Arabic inscription in field with various ornaments around inscription, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around