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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 (HCR16814)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

مراد بن / ٨٣٤ / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by two intersecting lines joined by a rosette in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16815)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16816)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16817)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15936)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

835 AH (=AD 1431-1432)

Obverse

ضرب / استرابلد / ٨٣٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16008)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

835 AH (=AD 1431-1432)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٥ / يزد, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic word centre inside mithrab-shaped frame, enclosed by mulilobe and plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around within petals, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15937)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

836 AH (=AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

٨٣٦ / ضرب / استرابلد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain and pointillate 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 (HCR15964)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

836 AH (=AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

ضرب / كرمان / الملك لله, Arabic inscription upwards in field, enclosed by double circle linked by annulets, enclosed by 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

Ottoman coin (HCR16800)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

836 AH (= AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

مراد بن / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two sections by a horizontal double line knotted in the middle, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ٨٣٦ / ضرب [برسا], Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16801)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

836 AH (= AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

مراد بن / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two sections by a horizontal double line knotted in the middle, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد [ملكه] / ٦ ٣ [٨] / ضرب [برسا], Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16802)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

836 AH (= AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

مراد بن / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two sections by a horizontal double line knotted in the middle, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ٨٣٦ / ضرب برسا, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15938)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

837 AH (=AD 1433-1434)

Obverse

٨٣٧ / ضرب / استرابلد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain and pointillate 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 (HCR16009)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

837 AH (=AD 1433-1434)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٧ / يزد, Arabic word centre within hexagon, Arabic inscription around, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16010)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

837 AH (=AD 1433-1434)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in petals within segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16263)

Period

Denom.

one quarter tanka

Dating

circa 837-844 AH (=AD 1433-1440)

Obverse

. . . (الله) محمد علي حسن حسين جعفر الصادق . . ., Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

علي ولي الله / علي ولي الله / علي ولي الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription repeated 4 times in millsail pattern

Islamic coin (HCR15948)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

838 AH (=AD 1434-1435)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / هراة / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, 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 within petals, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16264)

Period

Person

Ḥamza, 1435 - 1445

Mint

Mārdīn

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 839-848 AH (=AD 1435-1445)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان العدل / حمزة بهادر خلد / ملكه الله (كذا), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagon

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 (HCR14039)

Period

Person

al-Ashraf Barsbāy, 1422 - 1438

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[8]39 AH (=AD 1436)

Obverse

برسباى / الملك الاشرف / ابو النصر / تسع و ثلثي, Arabic inscription in field, chalice centre within third line of inscription, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / (بدمش), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15939)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

840 AH (=AD 1436-1437)

Obverse

ضرب / استرابلد / ٨٤٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Ottoman coin (HCR16795)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Ayasoluk (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

8x0 AH

Obverse

مراد بن / محمد خان / ٨ [...] ٠, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by one horizontal, upward curving line and two transversal lines on the lower half, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

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