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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 (HCR18456)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ganja (Islamic)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1187 AH (=AD 1773-1774)

Obverse

السلطان نادر, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

ضرب گنجه ١١٨٧, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18899)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

circa 1186-1207 AH (=AD 1773-1792)

Obverse

باز از نو سكه شد بر زر بتوفيق اله / . . . . . نام سلطنه جهان تيمور شاه, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, unadorned border

Islamic coin (HCR12294)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR17469)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1187/2 (AD= 1774–1775)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١١٨٧, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17470)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1187/2 (AD= 1774–1775)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١١٨٧, Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17473)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1187/2 (AD= 1774–1775)

Obverse

Tughra

Reverse

٢ / ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١١٨٧

Islamic coin (HCR17486)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tripoli (Trablus Gharb) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR17487)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tripoli (Trablus Gharb) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR17488)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tripoli (Trablus Gharb) (Ottoman)

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR17489)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tripoli (Trablus Gharb) (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR17492)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1188 (AD=1774–1775)

Islamic coin (HCR18857)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Atak (Attock) (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1188 AH (=AD 1774-1775)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه / ١١٨٨, Persian inscription in field, enclosed into three segments by two plain lines

Reverse

ضرب اتك سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed into three segments by two plain lines, all enclosed by pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR12290)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Ṣuwayra (Filayli) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1189 (AD= 1775–1776)

Islamic coin (HCR16636)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1775 - 1809

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1189-1224 AH (=AD 1775-1809)

Obverse

عز نصره / المنصور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضربت / صنعا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18458)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ganja (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 ‘abbāsī

Dating

1189 AH (=AD 1775-1776)

Obverse

شد آفتاب . . ., Persian inscription in field (mostly off flan), enclosed by plain and beaded circles, countermark upper left

Reverse

يا كريم گنجه ١١٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by fancy border

Islamic coin (HCR18864)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Bhakhar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1189 AH (=AD 1775-1776)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه ۱۱۸۹, Persian inscription surrounding and within central cartouche, enclosed by plain circle and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب بهكهر جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ۱۱۸۹, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate multilobes