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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).

Untitled coin (HCR16938)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Selim I, 1512 - 1520

Mint

Novar (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

918 AH (AD = 1512-1513)

Untitled coin (HCR16939)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Selim I, 1512 - 1520

Mint

Serez (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

918 AH (AD = 1512-1513)

Untitled coin (HCR16940)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Selim I, 1512 - 1520

Mint

Tire (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

918 AH (AD = 1512-1513)

Islamic coin (HCR14129)

Period

Person

al-Ashraf Ṭūmānbāy, 1516 - 1517

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

922 AH (=AD 1516-1517)

Obverse

السلطان / الملك الاشرف / ابو النصر طوومانباى /, Field divided into four segments by three horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Reverse

بالقاهرة / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله /, Field divided into four segments by three horizontal cables, Arabic inscription in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18177)

Period

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

924 AH (=AD 1518)

Obverse

ضرب استراباد ٩٢٤, 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 lozenge, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR18181)

Period

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

924 AH (=AD 1518)

Obverse

ضرب مشهد ٩٢٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18730)

Period

Mint

Sāwah (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

924 AH (=AD 1518)

Obverse

علي / علي / علي / علي, Arabic word repeated four times in field, enclosed by linear square, arabesque around, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضرب ساوه / ٩٢٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear cartouche, the date in ciphers below, all enclosed by linear circle

Untitled coin (HCR16983)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

926? AH (= AD 1520)

Untitled coin (HCR16985)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Untitled coin (HCR16991)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Amid (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Ottoman coin (HCR16996)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Obverse

سلطان سليمان ضرب دمشق ٩٢٦, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two compartments by one horizontal line, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Lion facing left

Untitled coin (HCR16998)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Untitled coin (HCR17000)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Untitled coin (HCR17001)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Ottoman coin (HCR17007)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Algiers

Denom.

Nasri = 1/52 Riyāl

Dating

926 AH (= AD 1520)

Obverse

عز نصره ضرب جزائ[ر], Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle, enclosed by linear and pointillate squares

Reverse

سلطان سليمان [ب]ن سليم خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle, enclosed by linear and pointillate squares

Untitled coin (HCR17013)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Egypt

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

927 AH (= 1521 AD)

Obverse

سلطان سليمان شاه بن سلطان سليم خان عز نصره ضرب بمصر في سنة ٩٢٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear and one pointillate circles

Reverse

ضارب النضر صاحب العز و النصر في البر و البحر, Arabic inscription in field with two decorative knots in the lower centre, enclosed by two linear and one pointillate circles

Untitled coin (HCR17017)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Egypt

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

926? AH (= AD 1520)

Obverse

سلطان سليمان [شاه بن] سليم خا[ن عز] نصره ضر[ب في مصر سنة ٦]٢[٩], Arbic inscription in field

Reverse

[ضارب النضر صاحب] العز و لنصر ف]ي [ا]لبر و لبحر, Arabic inscription in field

Untitled coin (HCR17015)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Egypt

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

929 AH (= AD 1522-1523)

Obverse

سلطان سليمان شاه بن سلطان سليم خان عز نصره ضرب بمصر سنة ٩٢٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear and one pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR18180)

Period

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Kāshān (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

928? AH (=AD 1522)

Obverse

كاشان سنة ٩٢٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated vesica, Arabic inscription around, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

علي الحسن الحسين علي محمد جعفر موسى علي محمد علي الحسن محمد الحجة, Arabic inscription within a circle in millsail pattern, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments divided by knots into four panels

Islamic coin (HCR18187)

Period

Person

Ismā‘īl I, 1501 - 1524

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

928 AH (=AD 1522)

Obverse

ضرب تبريز سنة ٩٢٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche within second Arabic inscription, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin