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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 (HCR13814)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1237 - 1246

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

[7]45 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

اسمعيل / السلطان الملك / الصالح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cross shaped form, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

خمس / و ضرب / بالقاهر اربعين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by diamond shaped lozenge with heart knot at each corner and small Arabesque at each side, all inclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13816)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1237 - 1246

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

اسمعيل / السلطان الملك / الصالح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cross shaped form, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13819)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[74]5 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

اسمعيل / السلطان الملك / الصالح عماد الدنيا و / الدين بن محمد ضرب / دمشق سنة خمس و اربي ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

الله / و ما النصر الا من عبد / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى و دين / الحق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15534)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān, 1338 - 1346

Mint

Ḥiṣn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان العادل / SULIMAN HAN / خلد الله ملكه / حصن, Arabic and Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by hexafoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments within 'clouds', all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / محمد / رسول الله / عليه / السلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by miḥrab-like niche, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15535)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān, 1338 - 1346

Mint

Ḥiṣn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15555)

Period

Islamic

Person

Anūshīrawān, 1344 - 1356

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 745-757 AH (=AD 1344-1356)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان / انوشيروان / خلد ملكه / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosoed by hexafoil, traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15610)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / السراي /ال-جديدة / سنة / ٥ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field, date around in segments, enclosed by octalobe connected to outer plain circle be annulets

Islamic coin (HCR15613)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle

Reverse

ضرب / السراي /ال-جديدة / سنة / ٥ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field with date around in segments, enclosed by octalobe joined to outer plain circle by annulets

Islamic coin (HCR15614)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / السراي /ال-جديدة / سنة / ٥ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field with date around in segments, enclosed by octalobe joined to outer plain circle by annulets

Islamic coin (HCR15623)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب / السراي /ال-جديدة / سنة / ٥ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrelobe, all enclosed by pellets and linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15630)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

745 AH (=AD 1344-1345)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / عبيد الله بن السري, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب / السراي /ال-جديدة / سنة / ٥ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrelobe, all enclosed by pellets and linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR13838)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Kāmil Sha‘bān I, 1345 - 1347

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

746-747 AH (=AD 1345-1347)

Obverse

ضرب بالقاهرة / السلطان الملك ا / لدنيا / لكامل سيف الدين / شعبان / محمد / بن الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الله / و ما النصر الا من عبد / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله /, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15484)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shaykh Ḥasan, 1335 - 1356

Mint

Baghdād (stated mint)

Denom.

1/3 dinar

Dating

circa 746-747 AH (=AD 1345-1347)

Obverse

السلطان العادل/HAN/ خلد ملكه, Arabic and Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by linear looped square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15553)

Period

Islamic

Person

Anūshīrawān, 1344 - 1356

Mint

Ma‘din (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

746 AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان / NUSIRWAN / خلد ملكه, Arabic and Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription forming a triangle, Arabic inscription in the central cavity, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR15615)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jānī Beg, 1341 - 1357

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

746 AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان العادل / جاني بك, Arabic inscription in field with knots, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب سراي / الجديدة / ٦ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field with date around in segments, enclosed by double octalobe, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15616)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jānī Beg, 1341 - 1357

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

746? AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان العادل / جاني بك خان, Arabic inscription in field with line of knots across centre

Reverse

ضرب سراي / الجديدة / ٦ / ٤ / ٧؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double six-foil, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15618)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jānī Beg, 1341 - 1357

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

746 AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان العادل / جاني بك خان, Arabic inscription in field with line of knots centre, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب سراي / الجديدة / ست / ار ؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double six-foil, date around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15652)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jānī Beg, 1341 - 1357

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

746 AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان العادل / جاني بك, Arabic inscription in field with knots, all enclosed by plain circles

Reverse

ضرب سراي / الجديدة / ٦ / ٤ / ٧, Arabic inscription in field with date around in segments, enclosed by double six-foil, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16329)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sīnūb (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/4 Dirham

Dating

746 AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / خلد الله ملكه / سينوب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosd by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double-linear square, Rashidun caliphs anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16337)

Period

Islamic

Person

Eretnā, 1335 - 1352

Mint

Qayṣarīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

74(6) AH (=AD 1345-1346)

Obverse

ضرب / قيصرية / SULTAN ATIL / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain six-pointed star, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles