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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 (HCR12849)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder, by head of sultan and below horse, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12850)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder and by head of sultan, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12851)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets

Reverse

لله / المنة / السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12852)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder and by head of sultan, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12853)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder, by head of sultan and below horse, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12854)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder, by head of sultan and below horse, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12857)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12858)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث / الدين, sultan on horseback to right in field with Arabic inscription above and large symbol below, all enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لله / المنة / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR12859)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder and by head of sultan, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12860)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث / الدين / ملطية, sultan on horseback to right with Arabic inscription above and below, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

المنة / لله / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12862)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets, star behind shoulder and by head of sultan, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12864)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث / الدين, sultan on horseback to right in field with Arabic inscription above and large symbol below, all enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لله / المنة / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR12866)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث الدين / ضرب / بملطية, sultan on horseback to right with Arabic inscription above and below, all enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

المنة / لله / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12867)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث / الدين, sultan on horseback to right in field with Arabic inscription above and large symbol below, all enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لله / المنة / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12868)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw I, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1192 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 588-592 AH (=AD 1192-1196)

Obverse

غياث الدين / ضرب / بملطية, sultan on horseback to right with Arabic inscription above and below, all enclosed by three plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

المنة / لله / السلطان / المنة / لله / المعظم / كيخسرو بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13325)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Imād al-Dīn Zangī, 1171 - 1197

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

588 AH (=AD 1192)

Obverse

الامام / الناصر / احمد, double-headed eagle in field with inscription in small letters on eagle's breast, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ابن زنكي / الملك العالم / العادل عماد / الدنيا و الدين / زنكي ابن / مودود, Arabic inscription in field, tamgha to left and right

Islamic coin (HCR13454)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

[5]88? AH (=AD 1192)

Obverse

الملك / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 2h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الامام / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from ?h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13130)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

589 AH (=AD 1193)

Obverse

N/A, four full length figures, one in front centre bent over as if in mourning, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الملك العادل / الامام النا / صر للدين / امير المؤمنين / سيف الدين / ابو بكر / بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field and ending in segments around, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR13131)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

589 AH (=AD 1193)

Obverse

N/A, four full length figures, one in front centre bent over as if in mourning, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الملك العادل / الامام النا / صر للدين / امير المؤمنين / سيف الدين / ابو بكر / بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field and ending around in segments, enclsoed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR13136)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

589 AH (=AD 1193)

Obverse

N/A, four full length figures, one in front centre bent over as if in mourning, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الامام النا / صر للدين / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin