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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 (HCR11814)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640–656 AH (= AD 1242–1259)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه, Double linear triangle centre, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin beginning at 6h and ending in centre, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الامام / المستعصم / بالله امير / المؤمنين, Double linear triangle centre, Arabic inscription beginning in centre and continuing anti-clockwise in margin from top right, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR11815)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

1/3 dirham

Dating

circa 640-656 AH (=AD 1242-1259)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12948)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

الامام المستنصر بالله امير املؤمنين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان / الاعظم / كيخسرو / بن كيقباد, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12949)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

الامام المستنصر بالله امير املؤ / منين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان / الاعظم / كيخسرو / بن كيقباد, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12950)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

الامام المستنصر بالله امير املؤنين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان / الاعظم / كيخسرو / بن كيقباد, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12959)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Qūnīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

لامام المستنصر بالله امير المؤمنين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / كيخسرو بن كيقباد, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12960)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

لامام المستنصر بالله امير المؤ / منين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12964)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyåth al-Dīn, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

الامام المستنصر بالله امير املؤمنين, sunface above lion striding to right, Arabic inscription curved above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان / الاعظم / كيخسرو / بن كيقباد, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13568)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb, 1240 - 1249

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

محمد / الملك الصالح / نجم الدنيا ايوب بن / الملك الكامل, Arabic inscription in field, two horizontal pellets below field inscription, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 11h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الامام / المنصور ابو / جعفر المستنصر / بااله المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, two horizontal pellets below field inscription, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR13582)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 640-643 AH (=AD 1242-1246)

Obverse

الملك الصالح / عماد الدنيا و الدين / اسمعيل بن ابــي بكر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded and linear square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

الامام / المستعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / السلطان الأعظم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded and linear square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13659)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Yūsuf II

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

640 AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

الملك / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

الملك / العزيز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR15086)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustanṣir, 1226 - 1242, Ḥasan b. Muḥammad (Qarlughid), 1224 - 1249

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

640? AH (=AD 1242-1243)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / المستنصر بالله / امير المؤ(منين), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

سيف / الدنيا و الدين / ابو المظفر الحسن / قرلغ, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by mostly illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11664)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

641 AH (= AD 1243–1244)

Obverse

الامام / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / المسعصم بالله / امير المؤمنين / نصر الله, Arabic inscription in field, second inscription (Sura 30:4, in part) in field beginning right upwards and continuing at left downwards, enclosed by quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1230h

Reverse

الحمد لله / محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrefoil, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, continuing vertically upwards in right lobe of quatrefoil and ending vertically downwards in left lobe of quatrefoil

Islamic coin (HCR11726)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

641 AH (=AD 1243-1244)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الامام / المستعصم / بالله امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 61:13) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by beaded circle