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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 (HCR14084)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qā’itbāy, 1468 - 1496

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 873-901 AH (=AD 1469-1496)

Obverse

. . لب؟ / . . طان الملك الا . . / ابو النصر قايتباى, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

. . . / . . . اله الا ا . . . / محمد رسول الل . . / بالهدى, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14085)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qā’itbāy, 1468 - 1496

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 873-901 AH (=AD 1469-1496)

Obverse

. . . طا الملك / قايتباى عز نصره / بحلب, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

. . . / . . . اله الا ا . . . / محمد رسول الل . . / بالهدى, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14087)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qā’itbāy, 1468 - 1496

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 873-901 AH (=AD 1469-1496)

Obverse

قايتباى, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, ending in legible word in octolobe centre

Reverse

السلطان الملك الاش . . . / نصف / بحلب, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, ending in circle centre

Islamic coin (HCR14100)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qā’itbāy, 1468 - 1496

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 873-901 AH (=AD 1469-1496)

Obverse

السلطان الملك . . . / قايتباى, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, ending in circle centre

Reverse

حلب, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, ending in circle and pointillate circle centre

Islamic coin (HCR14101)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qā’itbāy, 1468 - 1496

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 873-901 AH (=AD 1469-1496)

Obverse

بحلب / قايتباى /, Field divided into three segments by two horizontal lines, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

. . .سلطان الملك ابو, Bird walking to right, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR16024)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad, 1382 - 1411

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

874 AH (=AD 1469-1470)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / سلطان احمد گوركان / خلد الله تعالى ملكه و / سلطانه سمرقند / ٨٧٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrelobe linked to an outer circle by four annulets, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in four segments

Ottoman coin (HCR16829)

Period

Person

Mehmed II

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

875 AH (= AD 1470-1471)

Obverse

محمد بن مراد خان / خلد الله سلطانه ضرب / سنه / قسطنطنيه / ٨٧٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

سلطان البرين / و خاقان البحرين / السلطان بن / سلطان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16830)

Period

Person

Mehmed II

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

875 AH (= AD 1470-1471)

Obverse

محمد بن / مراد خان / عز نصره / ٨٧٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

خلد / ملكه ضرب / قسطنطنيه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16268)

Period

Islamic

Person

Uzun Ḥasan, 1453 - 1478

Mint

Shaykh Murshid (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

876 AH (=AD 1471-1472)

Obverse

عدل / حسن / بيگ / شيخ مر / ٨٧٦, countermark in a club-shaped depression with Arabic inscription within and outside of central square

Reverse

illegible, illegible

Islamic coin (HCR16048)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

883? AH (=AD 1478-1479)

Obverse

عدل كابل ٨٨٣, Arabic inscription in a lazy quatrefoil countermark on a falūs of Kābul of undetermined date

Reverse

illegible, obscured Arabic inscription

Islamic coin (HCR16274)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ya‘qūb, 1478 - 1491

Mint

Kāshān (Islamic)

Denom.

one quarter tanka

Dating

circa 883-896 AH (=AD 1478-1491)

Obverse

. . . / السلطان الاعظم / يعقوب بهادر خان / . . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

كاشان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain Arabic inscription and border

Islamic coin (HCR16277)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ya‘qūb, 1478 - 1491

Mint

Sulṭānīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 883-896 AH (=AD 1478-1492)

Obverse

عدل / سلطان / يعقوب / سلطانية, spade-shaped countermark in field

Reverse

illegible, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16278)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ya‘qūb, 1478 - 1491

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 883-896 AH (=AD 1478-1492)

Obverse

(السلطان / الاعظم ابو . . . / سلطان يعقوب . . . / خلد الله . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain frame

Reverse

ضرب / تبريز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise arranged in a square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16279)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ya‘qūb, 1478 - 1491

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 883-896 AH (=AD 1478-1492)

Obverse

(عدل) / سلطان / يعقوب / تبريز, Arabic inscription in countermark

Reverse

obliterated, obliterated

Islamic coin (HCR16281)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ya‘qūb, 1478 - 1491

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

one quarter tanka

Dating

circa 883-896 AH (=AD 1478-1491)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / يعقوب بهادر / خلد الله ملكه يزد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, traces of Arabic inscription around

Islamic coin (HCR15758)

Period

Islamic

Person

Menglī Girāy I b. Hājjī Girāy, 1466 - 1514

Mint

Qiriq-Yer (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

885 AH (=AD 1480-1481)

Obverse

منكلي كراي / بن / خاج (كذا) كراي /خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب قرق ير ٨٨٥, Girāy tamgha centre, enclosed by beaded circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by beaded circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16769)

Period

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

886-918 AH (= AD 1481-1512) ?

Obverse

بايزيد / بن, Arabic inscription in field divided by a double band interlacing in the centre and featuring six dots in the middle, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Rosette in field, surrounded by dots, enclosed by a linear circle