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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 (HCR17340)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Denom.

Zolta

Dating

1106 (=AD 1694–1695)

Islamic coin (HCR17341)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Ashrafi

Dating

1106 (=AD 1694–1695)

Islamic coin (HCR18297)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

ashrafī

Dating

1106 AH (=AD 1694-1695)

Obverse

زد از توفيق حق به چهره زر * سكه سلطان حسين دين ـپرور / ضرب تبريز / ١١٠٦, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18651)

Period

Mint

Ganja (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1106 AH (=AD 1694-1695)

Obverse

none, lion left with sun rising behind in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب فلوس گنجه ١١٠٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18280)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1107 AH (=AD 1695-1696)

Obverse

زد از توفيق حق به چهره زر * سكه سلطان حسين دين ـپرور / ضرب اصفهان / ١١٠٧, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18281)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 Shāhī

Dating

1107 AH (=AD 1695-1696)

Obverse

گشت صاحب سكه از توفيق رب المشرقين * در جهان كلب امير المؤمنين سلطان حسين / ضرب اصفهان / ١١٠٧, 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 (HCR18709)

Period

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(110)7 AH (=AD 1695-1696)

Obverse

none, lion and sun right with star below

Reverse

ضرب (فلوس) قندهار ١١٠٧, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18671)

Period

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1108 AH (=AD 1696-1697)

Obverse

none, Peacock left, branches around, enclosed by pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٠٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR18672)

Period

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1108 AH (=AD 1696-1697)

Obverse

none, Peacock left, branches around, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٠٨, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18310)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1112 AH (=AD 1700-1701)

Obverse

زد از توفيق حق به چهره زر * سكه سلطان حسين دين ـپرور, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16622)

Period

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1114 AH (=AD 1702-1703)

Obverse

المهدي لدين الله امير المؤمنين عبد الله ١١١٤, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription in margin from 3h anti-clockwise (Sura 9:33, in part) , all surrounded by beaded circle

Reverse

none visible, obliterated

Islamic coin (HCR17342)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1114 (=AD 1702–1703)

Islamic coin (HCR17343)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1114 (=AD 1702–1703)

Islamic coin (HCR16623)

Period

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1115 AH (=AD 1703-1704)

Obverse

لدين الله امير المؤمنين / المهدي ١١١٥, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within circle centre, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within circle centre, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles