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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 (HCR17328)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Arse

Denom.

Zolta

Dating

1102 (=AD 1690–1691)

Islamic coin (HCR17329)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1102 (=AD 1690–1691)

Islamic coin (HCR17331)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1102 (=AD 1690–1691)

Islamic coin (HCR17332)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1102 (=AD 1690–1691)

Islamic coin (HCR17333)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1102

Islamic coin (HCR17334)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1102 (=AD 1690–1691)

Islamic coin (HCR18251)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1103 AH (=AD 1691-1692)

Obverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / ضرب / ايروان / ١١٠٣, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18662)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1103 AH (=AD 1691-1692)

Obverse

١١٠٣, rat left in field, date above, 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 (HCR18246)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Ardabīl (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1104 AH (=AD 1692-1693)

Obverse

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR18252)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1104 AH (=AD 1692-1693)

Obverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / ضرب / ايروان / ١١٠۴, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / ضرب / ايروان / ١١٠۴, Arabic inscripton in field, enclosed by thin linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR18266)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 1105-1135 AH (=AD 1692-1722)

Obverse

گشت صاحب سكه از توفيق رب المشرقين * در جهان كلب امير المؤمنين سلطان حسين / ضرب اصفهان, Persian inscription in field

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 (HCR18663)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1104 AH (=AD 1692-1693)

Obverse

١١٠٤, rat left in field, date above, 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 (HCR16620)

Period

Person

al-Hādī Muḥammad, 1694 - 1699

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1105-1109 (=AD 1693-1698)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الهادي الى (الله) داعي بالله, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18253)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1105 AH (=AD 1693-1694)

Obverse

سليمان بنده ساه ولايت / ضرب / ايروان / ١١٠٥, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate octolobe

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