Search coins in this collection

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 (HCR15894)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

791 AH (=AD 1389)

Obverse

سلطان / محمود يرلغي / امير تيمور / گوركان اگمنو, three-circle tamgha with Arabic inscription around within quatrefoil

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / سمرقند ٧٩١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Ottoman coin (HCR16759)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16760)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16761)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16762)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16763)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, with three dots on the right-hand side of the date, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16764)

Period

Islamic

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, with a dot in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, with a dot in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16765)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, with three dots on the right-hand side of the date, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16766)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, with a dot in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, with a dot in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16767)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16768)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

792 AH (= AD 1389-1390)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided by a horizontal line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / سنة ٧٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16770)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

791-804 AH (= AD 1389-1402)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided horizontally by a triple line, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه, Field divided horizontally by a triple line, Arabic inscription on the top half of the field and three dots and a partially visible star in lower half of the field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16771)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

791-804 AH (= AD 1389-1402)

Obverse

بايزيد, Partly illegible Arabic inscription in field, divided horizontally by a triple line, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Field divided horizontally by a triple line, illegible Arabic inscription on the top half of the field and three dots and a partially visible star in lower half of the field, enclosed by a linear circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16772)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Bayezid I, 1389 - 1402

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

791-804 AH (= AD 1389-1402)

Obverse

بايزيد / بن مراد, Arabic inscription in field, divided horizontally by a triple line, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13990)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Barqūq, 2nd reign, 1390 - 1399

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[7]92 AH (=AD 1390-1391)

Obverse

سلطان الملك / . . .هر سيف الدنيا و ال. . . / . سعيد برق . ., Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله . . . / محمد رسو . . / ارسله باله . . / . سنة اثنن و تسعين, Arabic inscription in field ending upwards at right, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13999)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Barqūq, 2nd reign, 1390 - 1399

Mint

Ḥamāh (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

792-801 AH (=AD 1390-1400)

Obverse

بحماة / الملك الظاهر / ضرب, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

none, waterwheel with eight crescent-shaped blades curved to right in field

Islamic coin (HCR14000)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Barqūq, 2nd reign, 1390 - 1399

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

[7]9x AH (=AD 1390-1398)

Obverse

برقوق / الملك الظاهر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضرب / طرابد. . . / و تسعي. . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR14003)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Barqūq, 2nd reign, 1390 - 1399

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 792-801 AH (=AD 1390-1400)

Obverse

المل . . / الظا, Field divided into three segments with Arabic inscription in top and bottom segment, middle segment with bars slanted to left, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

none, Eagle with wings spread and head to right in field, enclosed by linear circle