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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 (HCR15933)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Abarqūh (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

841 AH (=AD 1437-1438)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / ابرقوه سنة ٨٤١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15966)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Lār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

841? AH (=AD 1437-1438)

Obverse

(ضرب) / (السلطان) الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر / لار / خلد ملكه / سنة ٨٣١, large knot centre with Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16251)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jahānshāh, 1437 - 1468

Mint

Āmid (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 841-872 AH (=AD 1437-1467)

Obverse

السلطان العا . . . / جهانشاه خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / آمد, Arabic inscription enclosed by small plain square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in field, enclosed by the Rāshidūn, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16256)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jahānshāh, 1437 - 1468

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 841- 872 AH (=AD 1437-1468)

Obverse

عدل / سلطان / جهانشاه, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16258)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jahānshāh, 1437 - 1468

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 841-872 AH (=AD 1437-1468)

Obverse

السلطان القاضي بهادر خلد الله ملكه (و) سلطا(نه) / جهانشاه, Arabic inscription around anti-clockwse and ending in centre, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by square divided horizontally into three rectangles, partially legible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16259)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jahānshāh, 1437 - 1468

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 841-872 AH (=AD 1437-1468)

Obverse

عدل سلطان جهانشاه, countemark in an oblong hexagon

Reverse

not applicable, not applicable

Islamic coin (HCR14044)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

/ السلطان الملك الظاهر / ابو سعيد جقمق عز نصره, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

سله / . . . اله الا الل . . / . .د رسول الله /, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14045)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 842-849 AH (=AD 1438-1446)

Obverse

/ السلطان الملك الظاهر / ابو سعيد جقمق عز نصره / . . نة . . . اربعي, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

سله / . . . اله الا الل . . / . .د رسول الله /, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14046)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

/ السلطان الملك الظاهر / ابو سعيد جقمق عز نصره /, Field divided into four segments by three chained lines, Arabic inscription in segments in field

Reverse

سله / . . . اله الا الل . . / . .د رسول الله /, Field divided into four segments by three chained lines, Arabic inscription in segments in field

Islamic coin (HCR14048)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar (fractional)

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

off-flan, off-flan Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by two undulatiing circles

Reverse

mostly illegible, Arabic inscription in field, divided by three horizontal lines

Islamic coin (HCR14049)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

السلطان الملك الظاهر ابو سعيد / جقمق, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in circle in centre

Reverse

/ . . . الا ال . . / . . . . . سول الله / و اربعين, Field divided into four segments by three horizontal lines, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14050)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

السلطان الملك الظاهر ابو سعيد / جقمق, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in circle in centre

Reverse

/ . . . الا ال . . / . . . . . سول الله / و اربعين, Field divided into segments by three horizontal lines, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14051)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 842-857 AH (=AD 1438-1453)

Obverse

الملك / الظاهر / ابو سعيد / خلد الله ملكه / جقمق, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in centre, centre enclosed by lozenge, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

بحلب / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب, Field divided into three segments by two chained borders, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16260)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jahānshāh, 1437 - 1468

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 841-872 AH (=AD 1438-1468)

Obverse

عدل سلطان جهانشاه, countermark on tanka of Shārukh, Samarqand mint, type of circa 817-827 AH but date off flan

Reverse

N/A, not applicable

Islamic coin (HCR16375)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Quarter dinar

Dating

842 AH (=AD 1438-1439)

Obverse

(ضرب؟) جرون, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain cartouche, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

(في) / سنة / ٨٤٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR14043)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Jaqmaq, 1438 - 1453

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

843 AH (=AD 1439-1440)

Obverse

/ السلطان الملك الظاهر / ابو سعيد جقمق عز نصره / . . نة ثل . . اربعي, Field divided into four segments by three chained lines, Arabic inscription in segments in field

Reverse

سله / . . . اله الا الل . . / . .د رسول الله /, Field divided into four segments by three chained lines, Arabic inscription in segments in field

Islamic coin (HCR15970)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Qazwīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

844 AH (=AD 1440-1441)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / قزوين ٨٣٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in four petals, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15975)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

844 AH (=AD 1440-1441)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ ٨٤٤ بهادر / خلد الله ملكه و سلطانه / سبزوار, Arabic inscription in field and ending within a double rectangle centre, all enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15991)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Sulṭānīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

844 AH (=AD 1440-1441)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / في ٨٤٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب / سلطانية, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by multilobe, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise anti-clockwise around, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments