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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 (HCR14160)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz (Dulāfid), 879 - 893

Denom.

Dirham

Islamic coin (HCR14161)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Ahwāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Untitled coin (HCR14192)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14195)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14299)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Andarāba (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Islamic coin (HCR14309)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Islamic coin (HCR14319)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

Fals

Islamic coin (HCR14320)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muqtadir, 908 - 932, Naṣr b. Aḥmad (Samanid)

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two blundered Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / امقتدر بالله / نصر بن احمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by blundered Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around