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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 (HCR18433)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh (Afshārid), 1st reign, 1748 - 1750

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double rupee

Dating

1162 AH (=AD 1749)

Obverse

السلطان شاهرخ, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, unadorned border

Reverse

خلد الله ملكه ضرب مشهد مقدس ١١۶۲, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18434)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1162 AH (=AD 1749)

Obverse

سكه زد در جهان بحكم خدا * شاهرخ كلب آستان رضا / ١١۶۲, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, unadorned border

Islamic coin (HCR18435)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1162 AH (=AD 1749)

Obverse

سكه زد در جهان بحكم خدا * شاهرخ كلب آستان رضا / ١١۶۲, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, unadorned border

Islamic coin (HCR18437)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Qazwīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

(11)62 AH (=AD 1749)

Obverse

گشت رايج بحكم لميزلى * سكه سلطنت بنام على / ضرب قزوين / ٢, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR18814)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Dayrah (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(11)62? AH (=AD 1749)

Obverse

فلوس احمد شاهى (١١)٦٢, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب ديره سنة, badly corroded

Islamic coin (HCR18815)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Dayrah (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1163 AH (=AD 1750)

Obverse

فلوس احمد شاهى ١١٦٣, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب ديره سنة ٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17423)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1166 (=AD 1752–1753)

Islamic coin (HCR17424)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1166 (=AD 1752–1753)

Islamic coin (HCR17425)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (= 1/16 Riyāl)

Dating

1167 (=AD 1753–1754)

Islamic coin (HCR18447)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl III, 1757

Mint

Māzandarān (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1167 AH (=AD 1753-1754)

Obverse

اسمعيل بنده شاه ولايت / مازندران / ١١٦٧, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate, plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed at margin by pointillate, plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18449)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ismā‘īl III, 1757

Mint

Rasht (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1167 AH (=AD 1753-1754)

Obverse

اسمعيل بنده شاه ولايت / ضرب رشت ٧٦١١, 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 plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18463)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

circa 1166-1193 AH (=AD 1753-1779)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Persian inscription in field, countermark lower centre

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار السلطانه اصفهان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin pointillate and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18465)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

circa 1166-1193 AH (=AD 1753-1779)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار الامان كرمان, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18466)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

circa 1166-1193 AH (=AD 1753-1779)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار الامان كرمان, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18467)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

circa 1166-1193 AH (=AD 1753-1779)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار الامان كرمان, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18833)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1167 AH (=AD 1753-1754)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / ١١٦٧, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by hashed border

Reverse

ضرب ملتان سنه ٦ جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by hashed border

Islamic coin (HCR18844)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(116)7 AH (=AD 1753-1754)

Obverse

سكة مبارك پادشاه غازى احمد شاه / ٧. . ., Persian inscription in field

Reverse

فلوس ضرب پشاور, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16629)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī al-‘Abbās, 1748 - 1775

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1168? AH (=AD 1754-1755)

Obverse

الامام / المهدي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

عز نصره / ضرب صنعا ١١٦٨؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17410)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Sultani

Dating

1168 (=AD 1754–1755)

Islamic coin (HCR17430)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1168 (= AD 1754–1755)