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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 (HCR13030)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

686 AH (=AD 1287)

Obverse

لله / العظمة / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque centre, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13034)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Ma‘dan Lu’lu’a (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

686 AH (=AD 1287)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by concave pointillate hexagram, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15574)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

686 AH (=AD 1287)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square and ornaments

Reverse

ضرب في / خوارزم / سنة ٦٨٦, Arabic inscription in field with Juchid tamgha above, enclosed by beaded square and ornaments

Islamic coin (HCR16552)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

686 AH (=AD 1287)

Obverse

عمر / السلطان الملك المظفر شمس الدين / يوسف بن الملك / المنصور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله / بالهدى و دين / الحق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15231)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

6(8)7 AH (=AD 1288)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK /ارغون, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول ا / لله ضرب تبريز, Arabic inscription in field divided into three segments by two horizontal lines, enclosed by plain square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15237)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

(68)7 AH (=AD 1288)

Obverse

KAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUN / UN, Uighur inscription in field with quadruped (probably a lion) below

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16520)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

687? AH (=AD 1288-1289)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16568)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Mabyan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

687 AH (=AD 1288)

Obverse

عمر / السلطان الملك المظفر شمس الدين / يوسف بن الملك / المنصور, Arabic inscription in field enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله / بالهدى و دين / الحق, Arabic inscription in field enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15219)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Fals

Dating

688 AH (=AD 1289)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK (/) SEN/ ارغون, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله / صلى / الله / عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field and ending around in four lobes of a quatrelobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR15233)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

688 AH (=AD 1289)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN/تبريز / ارغون, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field, hawk and sun beneath inscription, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, second Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15234)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

688 AH (=AD 1289)

Obverse

/ KAGANU / NUGAAK / تبريز, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field, hawk right and sun with two stars below field inscription, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13024)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Bāyburt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

689 AH (=AD 1290)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لله / العظمة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexalobe and plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle