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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 (HCR13144)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

off-flan, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, off-flan Arabic inscription downwards to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around and separated by plain circle, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13145)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

N/A, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, floral display to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الله / الامام النا / صر لدين / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around and separated by plain circle, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13146)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

نور الدين اتا / بك, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, Arabic inscription downwards to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13147)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13148)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13328)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة ثمانية و تسعين و خمسمائة, classical bust to left wearing armour and holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / (بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field and around in segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles

Islamic coin (HCR13330)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة ستة و تسعين و خمسمائة, classical bust to left wearing armour and holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / (بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field and around in three segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles

Islamic coin (HCR13331)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13332)

Period

Islamic

Person

Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13333)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة . . . و تسعين و خمسمائة, classical bust to left wearing armour and holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13334)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13335)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13336)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13337)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13340)

Period

Islamic

Person

Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13344)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field and around in segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles

Islamic coin (HCR13350)

Period

Islamic

Person

Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة ستة و تسعين و خمسمائة, Classical bust to left, wearing armour, holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from lower right.

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / (بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field with tamgha below, Arabic inscription around anti-clockwise in three segments.

Islamic coin (HCR13478)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Manṣūr Muḥammad, 1198 - 1200

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

595 AH (=AD 1199)

Obverse

محمد / بن عثمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

المام / احمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14906)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Nāṣir Ḥasan, 2nd reign, 1355 - 1361, Muḥammad b. Sām, Mu’izz al-Dīn, 1171 - 1206

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

غياث الدنيا و الدين ابو الفتح / محمد / بن سام, Three concentric Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise and separated by plain circles, with innermost inscription ending centre

Reverse

الدنيا و الدين ابو المظفر / محمد / بن سام, Three concentric Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise and separated by plain circles, with innermost inscription ending centre

Islamic coin (HCR14948)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Muḥammad b. Tekish, 1200 - 1220

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 596-617 AH (=AD 1199-1220)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

السلطان الاعظم / علا الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح محمد / بن السلطان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin