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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 (HCR18192)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-930 AH (=AD 1501-1524)

Obverse

السلطان العادل الكامل الهادي الوالي ابو المظفر سلطان شاه اسمعيل بهادر خان الصفوي الحسيني خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, rest of Arabic inscription around

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18719)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qunduz (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

907 AH (=AD 1501-1502)

Obverse

٩٠٧, deer left with date above

Reverse

ضرب دودينار قندز ٩٠٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrefoil bordered by branches, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16033)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn (Timurid), 1468 - 1505

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

908 AH (=AD 1502-1503)

Obverse

به بود هراة, Arabic inscription within central cartouche, Arabic inscription around in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription within central cartouche, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18185)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-930 AH (=AD 1502-1524)

Obverse

ضرب سبزوار, Arabic inscription in central cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped hexafoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in six panels

Islamic coin (HCR18186)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-930 AH (=AD 1502-1524)

Obverse

ضرب سبزوار, Arabic inscription in field within central cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped hexafoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in four panels

Islamic coin (HCR18188)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-924 (=AD 1502-1519)

Obverse

شاه اسمعيل تبريز, Arabic inscription in central cartouche and ending anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field in a modified millsail pattern, enclosed by linear square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18189)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Tūn (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-930 AH (=AD 1502-1524)

Obverse

السلطان العادل الكامل الهادي الوالي ابو المظفر سلطان شاه اسمعيل بهادر خان الصفوي الحسيني خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه / ضرب تون, Arabic inscription in field within three horizontal panels

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circlle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in six panels, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18190)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Sāwah (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 907-930 AH (=AD 1502-1524)

Obverse

السلطان العادل الكامل الهادي الوالي ابو المظفر سلطان شاه اسمعيل بهادر خان الصفوي الحسيني خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18669)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ḥiṣār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

907? AH (=AD 1502)

Obverse

off flan, deer left in field, probably a date above (aways 907 when visible) but off flan on this example

Reverse

ضرب دودينار حصار شادمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR18720)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

907? AH (=AD 1502)

Obverse

٩٠٧, deer left with date above

Reverse

ضرب دودينار قندز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrefoil, a sword on each side, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16077)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shaybānī, 1500 - 1510

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

914 AH (=AD 1504-1505)

Obverse

شير مرد ضرب ٩١٤, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by quatrefoil, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14116)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, 1501 - 1506

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

915 AH (=AD 1509-1510)

Obverse

السلطان / الملك الاشرف ٦ / قانصوه الغوري / عز نصره, Field divided into four segments by horizontal rows of tiny flower buds connected by small crescents open to top, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

بالقاهرة / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ٩١٥, Field divided into four segments by horizontal rows of tiny flower buds connected by small crescents open to top, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR14117)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, 1501 - 1506

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

915 AH (=AD 1509-1510)

Obverse

Reverse

بالقاهرة / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ٥, Field divided into four segments by horizontal rows of tiny flower buds connected by small crescents open to top, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18178)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

916 AH (=AD 1510-1511)

Obverse

السلطان العادل الكامل الهادي الوالي ابو المظفر سلطان شاه اسمعيل بهادر خان الصفوي الحسيني خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه / ضرب هراة, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله / ٩١٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain square knotted at the corners, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18179)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

916 AH (=AD 1510-1511)

Obverse

السلطان العادل الكامل الهادي الوالي ابو المظفر سلطان شاه اسمعيل بهادر خان الصفوي الحسيني خلد الله تعالى ملكه و سلطانه / ضرب هراة ٩١٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in six panels, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles