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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).

Ottoman coin (HCR16791)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد با / يزيد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

ضرب ادرنه / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16792)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد / بايزيد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب سرز / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16793)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

816-824 AH (= AD 1413-1421)

Obverse

[سلطان / محمد بن / بايزيد], Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Eight-petal rosette, enclosed by an octagon, surrounded by three dots per corner, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14020)

Period

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

8[1]7 AH (=AD 1414-1415)

Obverse

شيخ / ابو النصر / السلتان الملك المؤيد / القاهرة سبع ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Islamic coin (HCR15727)

Period

Person

Kibāk, 1414 - 1417

Mint

Būlghār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 817-820 AH (=AD 1414-1417)

Obverse

السلطان / كباك /, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب / بلغار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16245)

Period

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Baghdād (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

8(1)7? AH (=AD 1414-1415)

Obverse

(السلطان الاعظ)م / (ضرب) / (جلال الد}ين يوسف / بغداد / (خلد) ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14021)

Period

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[81]8 AH (=AD 1415-1416)

Obverse

شيخ / ابو النصر / السلتان الملك المؤيد / القاهرة ثمان ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14022)

Period

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

820 AH (=AD 1417-1418)

Obverse

ضرب الاسكندرية سنة / السلطان الملك المؤيد / ابو النصرشيخ سلتان الا / سلام و المسلمين خلد الله / (م)لكه عشرين ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Reverse

الله / و ما النصر الا من عند / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله بالهدى / و دين الحق ليظهره على / الدين كله و, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16208)

Period

Mint

Darband (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 821-865 AH (=AD 1418-1461)

Obverse

(دربند), Arabic word within five-vaned pattern, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15972)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

823 AH (=AD 1419-1420)

Obverse

. . . . / . . . / ثلاث / و عشر. . / . . . / . . . / سبزوار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagon, 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, enclosed by octafoil

Islamic coin (HCR16234)

Period

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

822 AH (=AD 1419)

Obverse

السلطان العالم . . . / خلد الله ملكه / السلطان پير بوذاق خان / و ايّد سلطانه / امير يوسف بهادر نويان, blundered Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by double linear circle and one pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR16235)

Period

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

822 AH (=AD 1419)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, blundered Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by double plain circle and one pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16790)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

822 AH (= AD 1419-1420)

Obverse

محمد بن بايزيد / خان عز نصره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by one horizontal line, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب بروسا / ٨٢٢, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16249)

Period

Person

Iskandar

Mint

Naṣībīn? (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 823-841 AH (=AD 1420-1438)

Obverse

نصيبين؟ / سلطان الاعظم / ابو المظفر اسكندر بهادر / نويان خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double pentafoil with pellets around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, somewhat blundered Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16250)

Period

Person

Iskandar

Mint

Mārdīn

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 823-841 AH (=AD 1420-1436)

Obverse

السلطان العا(دل) / ابو النصر اسكندر / خلد الله ملكه / ضرب مردين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagon enclosed by knotted hexalobe, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, tamgha centre with Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR14132)

Period

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad, 1421 - 1422

Mint

Ḥamāh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 824-825 (=AD 1421-1423)

Obverse

. . . / السلتان الملك / الصالح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب بحماة / لا اله الا الله / محمد ر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15940)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 824 AH (=AD 1421)

Obverse

. . . / (السلطان) العادل العا(لم؟) / . . . . . . . على / السلطان شاه رخ ميرزا / رب العالمين آمين / خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, possible traces of a date or other outer inscription

Reverse

لله / لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, two interlineal Arabic inscriptions in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Ottoman coin (HCR16796)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

825 AH (= AD 1421-1422)

Obverse

مراد بن محمد ٨٢٥, Tuğra of Murad II, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب برسه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by three parallel lines, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Ottoman coin (HCR16797)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

825 AH (= AD 1421-1422)

Obverse

مراد بن محمد ٥[٨٢], Tuğra of Murad II, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

خلد ملكه ض[رب] برس[ه], Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by three parallel lines, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Ottoman coin (HCR16803)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

824-855 AH (= AD 1421-1451)

Obverse

مراد بن محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by one horizontal line and two transversal lines on the upper half, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

خلد ملكه ضرب بروسه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two compartments by one horizontal line, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles