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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 (HCR17321)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1099 (=AH 1687–1688)

Islamic coin (HCR18257)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

(10)98 AH (=AD 1687)

Obverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / اصفهان / ١٠٩٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two thin linear circles enclosing pointillate circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18261)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Rasht (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1098 AH (=AD 1687)

Obverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / ضرب / رشت / ١٠٩٨, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18793)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

20 Shāhī

Dating

1099 AH (=AD 1687-1688)

Obverse

سليمان بندة شاه و لايت ضرب اصفهان ١٠٩٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in two panels, all enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR17322)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR17323)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR17324)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR17325)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR17326)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR17327)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Sarai (Sarajevo) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1100 (=AD 1688-1689)

Islamic coin (HCR18683)

Period

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1785)

Obverse

none, lion left with rising sun behind in field, enclosed by floral decoration and pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس اصفهان, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18693)

Period

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

12xx AH (=AD 1688-1784)

Obverse

١٢, lion left with rising sun behind and date below, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس مشهد (مقدس), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18694)

Period

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1784)

Obverse

none, lion right with rising sun behind, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس مشهد (مقدس), Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18695)

Period

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1784)

Obverse

none, lion right with rising sun behind, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR18708)

Period

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100 AH (=AD 1688)

Obverse

none, two fishes swimming around star

Reverse

ضرب فلوس قندهار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18711)

Period

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1785)

Obverse

none, lion right, partly off flan; there is an openwork face, but it is difficult to determine if it belongs to the lion with head reverted or to a sun behind the lion

Reverse

ضرب قند(ها)ر . . .٨, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18718)

Period

Mint

Qumm (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1785)

Obverse

none, Ibex left in field

Reverse

ضرب فلوس قم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18738)

Period

Mint

Shūshtar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1100-1199 AH (=AD 1688-1785)

Obverse

none, peacock left in field, enclosed by plain circle and herringbone pattern

Reverse

ضرب شوشتر, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18664)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1101-1105 AH (=AD 1689-1693)

Obverse

obliterated, rat left in field, enclosed by plain oval, traces of Arabic inscription around

Reverse

obliterated, rat left in field, enclosed by plain oval, traces of Arabic inscription around

Islamic coin (HCR18665)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1101-1105 AH (=AD 1689-1693)

Obverse

obliterated, rat left in field, enclosed by plain oval, traces of Arabic inscription around

Reverse

obliterated, rat right in field, enclosed by plain oval, traces of Arabic inscription around