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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 (HCR14685)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14686)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Denom.

Dirham

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / س, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle with equidistant pellets

Reverse

ظهير / له / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ناصر دين الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field and around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Untitled coin (HCR14688)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14690)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14693)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14697)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14698)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14699)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14701)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القائم بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible and off-flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

عدل / محمد / رسول الله / عليه الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible and off-flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Untitled coin (HCR14702)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14703)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14704)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14705)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14706)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14707)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14715)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14719)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR14720)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mawdūd b. Mas‘ūd (Ghaznavid), 1041 - 1048

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القائم بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / شهاب الدولة / و فخر الامة / مودود, Arabic inscription in field with annulet to left and right above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Untitled coin (HCR14721)

Period

Islamic

Untitled coin (HCR14723)

Period

Islamic