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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 (HCR18849)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Dayrah (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1170 AH (=AD 1756-1757)

Obverse

بعالم يافت سكه تيمور شاه نظام * بحكم خدا و رسول انام / ١١٧٠, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب ديره سنه احد, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR16630)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī al-‘Abbās, 1748 - 1775

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1171? AH (=AD 1757-1758)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب في . / صنعا / ١١٧١؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17434)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Islambol (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17437)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Islambol (Ottoman)

Denom.

Zeri mahbub

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

عز نصره ضرب في / اسلامبول ١١٧١, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17438)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Islambol (Ottoman)

Denom.

Zeri mahbub

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

عز نصره ضرب في / اسلامبول ١١٧١, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17442)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Islambol (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17446)

Period

Ottoman

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

No date

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17447)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

No date

Obverse

Tughra

Reverse

ضرب في بغداد

Islamic coin (HCR17448)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

No date

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17449)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Aleppo (Halab)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

Tughra

Reverse

ضرب في / حلب / ١١٧١

Islamic coin (HCR17450)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Aleppo (Halab)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17454)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17457)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1171 (= AD 1757–1758)

Islamic coin (HCR18453)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Ḥasan, 1750 - 1759

Mint

Māzandarān (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1171 AH (=AD 1757-1758)

Obverse

بزر سكه از ميمنت زد قضا * بنام على بن موسى الرضا / ضرب مازندران ١١٧١, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18473)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1171 AH (=AD 1757-1758)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان / كريم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١١٧ ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18667)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1171 AH (=AD 1757-1758)

Obverse

N/A, lion right

Reverse

فلوس هرات ١١٧, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18820)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1171? AH (=AD 1757-1758)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / . ۷ . ., Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هراة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15763)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qrīm Girāy b. Dawlat Girāy II, 1st Reign, 1758 - 1764

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

beşlik

Dating

1172 AH (=AD 1758-1759)

Obverse

خان / قريم كراي / بن / دولت كراي / خان, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / ١١٧٢, Girāy tamgha centre, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by ornamented border

Islamic coin (HCR15764)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qrīm Girāy b. Dawlat Girāy II, 1st Reign, 1758 - 1764

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

beşlik

Dating

circa 1172 AH (=AD 1758-1759)

Obverse

خان / قريم كراي / بن / دولت كراي / خان, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب في / باغچه سراي / (١١٧٢) / ٣, Arabic inscription in field with tamgha above and regnal year right

Islamic coin (HCR15765)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhīn Girāy b. Aḥmad Girāy, 1777 - 1783

Mint

Bāghcha-Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

para

Dating

1172 AH (=AD 1758-1759)

Obverse

خان / ين كراي / شاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

٢ / ضرب في / باغچه / سراي / ١١٩١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles