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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 (HCR16084)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Ubayd Allāh (Shaybānīd), 1534 - 1539

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

943 AH (=AD 1536-1537)

Obverse

عبيد الله بهاد / ر خان ٩٤٣, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16478)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mutawakkil Sharaf al-Dīn, 1506 - 1555

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

943 AH (=AD 1536-1537)

Obverse

المتوكل / ٩٤٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

Geometric pattern in field, enclosed by linear circle

Untitled coin (HCR17016)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Egypt

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

943 AH (= AD 1536-1537)

Obverse

سلطان سليمان شاه بن سلطان سليم شاه عز نصره ضرب في مصر سنة ٩٤٣, Arabic inscription in field with decorative knot in the upper centre

Reverse

ضارب النضر صاحب العز و النصر في البر و البحر, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16479)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mutawakkil Sharaf al-Dīn, 1506 - 1555

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

944 AH (=AD 1537-1538)

Obverse

المتوكل / ٩٤٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

none, Geometric pattern in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16480)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mutawakkil Sharaf al-Dīn, 1506 - 1555

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

945-960 AH (=AD 1538-1553)

Obverse

. . . . . / المتوكل على / الله شرف اله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear octolobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear octolobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16087)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd al-Latīf, 1552

Mint

Balkh (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 947-959 AH (=AD 1540-1552)

Obverse

عبد اللطيف بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by knotted cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped cartouche, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16088)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd al-Latīf, 1552

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

947 AH (=AD 1540-1541)

Obverse

عبد اللطيف بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded and plain circles, Arabic inscription ant-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16381)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 948-971 AH (=AD 1541-1564)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

تسعمائة, Arabic inscription in field

Untitled coin (HCR16997)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Dating

948 AH

Islamic coin (HCR16376)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūrānshāh IV, 1541 - 1564

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

950? AH (=AD 1543-1544)

Obverse

تورانشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

/ خمس(ين) / تس(عمائة), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16377)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūrānshāh IV, 1541 - 1564

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

952 AH (=AD 1545-1546)

Obverse

تورانشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

اثن(تين) / خمسي(ن) / تس(عمائة), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Untitled coin (HCR16986)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Süleyman I, 1520 - 1566

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

953 AH (AD = 1546-1547)

Islamic coin (HCR16378)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūrānshāh IV, 1541 - 1564

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

958 AH (=AD 1551)

Obverse

تورانشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

في سنة ٩٥٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16379)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūrānshāh IV, 1541 - 1564

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

958 AH (=AD 1551)

Obverse

تورانشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

(سنة؟) شمانية / خمسين / تسعمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16093)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nawrūz b. Aḥmad, 1552 - 1556

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

959 AH (=AD 1552)

Obverse

نوروز احمد بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche (date outside cartouche), Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Islamic coin (HCR18202)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṭahmāsp I, 1524 - 1576

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

959 AH (=AD 1552)

Obverse

ضرب سبزوار ٩٥٩, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by fancy four-vaned cartouche, Arabic inscription around in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by looped quatrefoil, Arabic inscription around in four panels

Islamic coin (HCR16092)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nawrūz b. Aḥmad, 1552 - 1556

Mint

Balkh (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

960 AH (=AD 1553)

Obverse

نوروز احمد بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, Arabic inscription around divided by plain lines

Islamic coin (HCR16380)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūrānshāh IV, 1541 - 1564

Mint

Jarūn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

960? AH (=AD 1553)

Obverse

تورانشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, blundered Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

ستين (و) تسعمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR18199)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṭahmāsp I, 1524 - 1576

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/4 Shāhī

Dating

circa 960-979 AH (=AD 1553-1572)

Obverse

ضرب هراة, Arabic inscription centre within quatrelobe pointed at the top, Arabic inscription around

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18205)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṭahmāsp I, 1524 - 1576

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

960? AH (=AD 1553)

Obverse

طهماسب ضرب تبريز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

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