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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 (HCR20203)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by illegible anti-clockwise Arabic inscription

Islamic coin (HCR20204)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20205)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20206)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20207)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20208)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20209)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20210)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20211)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20212)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20213)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان / الملك / الناصر ناصر الدنيا / و الدين احمد / بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field (shahāda), Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 3h (Sura 9:33, in part), all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20214)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الناصر ناصر / الدنيا و الدين / احمد بن اسماعيل, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR20215)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kilwa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 810-899 AH (=AD 1407-1494)

Obverse

يشق / الاحد الصمد / ابو بكر بن محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسمل الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16310)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad II, 1st reign, 1402 - 1419

Mint

Qūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

810 (AD=1408-1409)

Obverse

السلطان الاعطم / محمد علا الدين / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by double-linear and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, Rashidun Caliphs around in segments, all enclosed by double-linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15726)

Period

Islamic

Person

Pūlād Khān, 1407 - 1411

Mint

Būlghār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

812 AH (=AD 1409-1410)

Obverse

(السل)طا(ن) العا(د)ل / (پو)لاد خان / (خلد) الله (ملكه), Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / (بو)الغار / ٢, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR15952)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 812-819 AH (=AD 1409-1416)

Obverse

شاه رخ بهادر هراة, Arabic inscription within square countermark. Host obliterated

Reverse

none, Host obliterated

Islamic coin (HCR16002)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

812 AH (=AD 1409-1410)

Obverse

سنة ٨١٢ / السلطان الاعظم / ضرب / معين الدين شاه رخ / خلد الله ملكه / يزد, mint name centre, enclosed by plain square and circle, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16014)

Period

Islamic

Person

Iskandar

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 812-817 AH (=AD 1409-1415)

Obverse

الاخ الامير / شاه رخ شيراز / السلطان اسكندر / خلد ملكه, circular countermark

Reverse

illegible, obliterated

Ottoman coin (HCR16788)

Period

Person

Mehmed Çelebi, prince

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

812 AH (= AD 1409-1410)

Obverse

محمد بن / بايزيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a scalopped and pointillate circle

Reverse

١٢/ خلد ملكه / ٨, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16781)

Period

Person

Musa Çelebi, 1411 - 1413

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

813 AH (= AD 1410-1411)

Obverse

موسى بن بايزيد, Arabic inscription anti clockwise around a central knot, enclosed by a scalloped, a linear, and a pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب / ادرنه / خلد ملكه / ٨١٣, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four horizontal bands by three lines joining in a knot on the righ and left side with two dots on each side