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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 (HCR17392)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1115 (=AD 1703–1704)

Islamic coin (HCR17393)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1115 (=AD 1703–1704)

Islamic coin (HCR18267)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1115 AH (=AD 1703-1704)

Obverse

گشت صاحب سكه از توفيق رب المشرقين * در جهان كلب امير المؤمنين سلطان حسين / ضرب اصفهان / ١١۱۵, 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 insciption anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR16624)

Period

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1116 AH (=AD 1704-1705)

Obverse

. . . / اللطيف / ي / المهد . . / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

. . . . ه / محمد ؟ / الامام ١١١٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR18286)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

10 Shāhī

Dating

1117 AH (=AD 1705-1706)

Obverse

حسين بندة شاه ولايت ضرب اصفهان ١١١٧, Persian inscription in field with traces of the twelve Imams around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin with ending centre enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18287)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 1117 AH (=AD 1705-1706)

Obverse

حسين بندة شاه ولايت ضرب اصفهان ١١١٧, Persian inscription in field with traces of the twelve Imams around

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin and ending centre within plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18784)

Period

Person

Sulaymān I, 1668 - 1694

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

20 Shāhī

Dating

1117 AH (=AD 1705-1706)

Obverse

زد از توفيق الله سكه صاحبقرانى * صاحب دوران سليمان جهان / اصفهان / ١٠٩٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin and ending centre

Islamic coin (HCR18282)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1119 AH (=AD 1707-1708)

Obverse

حسين بندة شاه ولايت ضرب اصفهان ١١١۹, Persian inscription field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin and ending centre within plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18283)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

circa 1119 AH (=AD 1707-1708)

Obverse

حسين بندة شاه ولايت ضرب اصفهان, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise aroundin margin and ending in centre

Islamic coin (HCR18792)

Period

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1119 AH (=AD 1707-1708)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب فلوس اصفهان ١١١٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16625)

Period

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1120 AH (=AD 1708-1709)

Obverse

المهدي لدين عز نصره, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within circle centre

Reverse

. . .عدي . . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR18288)

Period

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 Shāhī

Dating

1120 AH (=AD 1708-1709)

Obverse

حسين بندة شاه ولايت ضرب اصفهان ١١۲۰, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18653)

Period

Mint

Ganja (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1120-1139? AH (=AD 1708-1727)

Obverse

none, double-bladed sword, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18666)

Period

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

112x AH (=AD 1708-1717)

Obverse

١١٢, horse galloping right in field with date above

Reverse

هرات / فاوس, double-bladed sword centre with Arabic inscription above and below

Islamic coin (HCR18743)

Period

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1120-1139 AH (=AD 1708-1727)

Obverse

none, Sword in field

Reverse

illegible, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16621)

Period

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Mabyan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1122 AH (=AD 1710-1711)

Obverse

المهدي لدين ١١٢٢ / الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, ending centre within linear circle

Reverse

عز نصره / ضرب المواهب, Arabic inscription in field, nine petal rosette to right in field

Islamic coin (HCR18308)

Period

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1123 AH (=AD 1711-1712)

Obverse

رايج, countermark in beaded circle

Reverse

نقره, countermark in elongated hexagon

Islamic coin (HCR18673)

Period

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(112)4 AH (=AD 1712-1713)

Obverse

none, Monkey right in tree

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٢٤, Arabic inscritpion in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18674)

Period

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(112)4 AH (=AD 1712)

Obverse

none, Monkey right in tree

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٢٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18752)

Period

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1124 AH (=AD 1712)

Obverse

none, dragon right in field with Georgian abbreviation of the name Svimon, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس تفليس ١١٢٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle