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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 (HCR14465)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

Islamic coin (HCR14469)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14515)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle between two plain circles, margin illegible

Islamic coin (HCR14516)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Untitled coin (HCR14517)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14518)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two plain circles

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain eight-pointed star, ornaments in segments around

Islamic coin (HCR14519)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two plain circles

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain eight-pointed star, ornaments in segments around

Untitled coin (HCR14521)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14522)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two plain circles

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain eight-pointed star, ornaments in segments around

Islamic coin (HCR14523)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two plain circles

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain eight-pointed star, ornaments in segments around

Islamic coin (HCR14524)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by eight-pointed star inscribed within circle

Untitled coin (HCR14526)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14528)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān Tafghāj Khān, ruler in Eastern Turkistan

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

before 574 AH (=AD before 1178)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لاشريك له / محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two plain circles

Reverse

ربه / المستغفر / سليمان قدر / طفغاج / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain eight-pointed star, ornaments in segments around

Islamic coin (HCR14531)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr b. Aḥmad (Samanid), Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976

Mint

Farwān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Obverse

نصر / من الله / وفتح / قريب, Crosslike cartouche with Arabic inscription within the four panels, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / منصور بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin