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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 (HCR18822)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1175 AH (=AD 1761-1762)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنة ١١٧٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12296)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miknasa (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1176 (=AD 1762–1763)

Islamic coin (HCR17462)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1176 (=AD 1762–1763)

Islamic coin (HCR18807)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1176 AH (=AD 1762-1763)

Obverse

رايج الوقت وزن نيم ١٦, Persian inscription in field, divided into two segments by horizontal line

Reverse

فلوس احمدشاى ١١٧٦, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two segments by horizontal line

Islamic coin (HCR18818)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Farrukhābād (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1176 AH (=AD 1762-1763)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / ١١٧٦, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب احمدنگر فرخ آباد سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ١٥, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12297)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miknasa (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1177 (AD= 1763–1764)

Islamic coin (HCR18461)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1177 AH (=AD 1763-1764)

Obverse

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

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار السلطانه اصفهان ١١٧٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear multilobe, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18475)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1177 AH (=AD 1763-1764)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١١٧٧, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18824)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1177 AH (=AD 1763-1764)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / ١١٧٧, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنة ١٦ جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17463)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1178 (AD = 1764–1765)

Islamic coin (HCR17464)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1178 (AD = 1764–1765)

Islamic coin (HCR18477)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1179 AH (=AD 1765-1766)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد ١١٧٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, all enclosed by pointillate, beaded, and plain circles

Islamic coin (HCR18825)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

(11)79 AH (=AD 1765-1766)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / ١١٧٩, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنة ١٩ جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18863)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Bhakhar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

(117)9 AH (=AD 1765-1766)

Obverse

بعالم يافت سكه تيمور شاه نظام * بحكم خدا و رسول انام /٩ (١١٧), Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب بهكهر سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس (٣), Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19386)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1179 AH (=AD 1765-1766)

Obverse

none, leaf between two swords

Reverse

فلوس هرات ١١٧٩, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12288)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Ṣuwayra (Filayli) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1180 (AD= 1766–1767)

Islamic coin (HCR12289)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Ṣuwayra (Filayli) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1180 (AD= 1766–1767)

Islamic coin (HCR12292)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-ʿAra'ish (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1180 (AD= 1766–1767)

Islamic coin (HCR17445)

Period

Ottoman

Person

'Alā al-Dīn 'Alī Shāh (in West Bengal), Sultan of Bengal, AH c.742 - 746/ AD c.1341 - 1345

Mint

Islambol (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

1171/80 (=AD 1766–1767)

Obverse

Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR18831)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad Shāh, 1747 - 1773

Mint

Lāhūr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1180 AH (=AD 1766-1767)

Obverse

حكم شد از قادر بيجون باحمد بادشاه سكه كن بر سيم و زر از اوج ماهى تا بماه / ۱۱۸۰, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنة ۲۱ جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field