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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 (HCR18883)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

mohur

Dating

1200 AH (=AD 1785-1786)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا و نقره از خورشيد و ماه * تا كند بر چهره نقش سكه تيمور شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ١٢٠٠, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18896)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1200 AH (=AD 1785-1786)

Obverse

سكه فلوس تيمور شاه درانى ١٢٠٠, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنه ١٢, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18898)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1200 AH (=AD 1785-1786)

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 ١٢٠٠, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche, unadorned border

Islamic coin (HCR18765)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Zanjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1200-1250 AH (=AD 1786-1835)

Obverse

none, lion right

Reverse

ضر. . . . . . . زنجان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18766)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Zanjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1200-1299 AH (=AD 1786-1882)

Obverse

none, sun face in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

فلوس (ز)نجان . . ., Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18886)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1201 AH (=AD 1786-1787)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا و نقره از خورشيد و ماه * تا كند بر چهره نقش سكه تيمور شاه / ٩, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات ١٢۰۱, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18897)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1201 AH (=AD 1786-1787)

Obverse

سكه فلوس تيمور شاه درانى, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنه ١٣, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18494)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Rasht (Islamic)

Dating

circa 1202-1205 AH (=AD 1787-1791)

Islamic coin (HCR18862)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Balkh (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1202 AH (=AD 1787-1788)

Obverse

فلوس تيمور شاه, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب بلخ ١٢٢٠؟, Arabic inscriptin and sword in field

Islamic coin (HCR18874)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Dayrajāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1202 AH (=AD 1787-1788)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه / ۱۲۰۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دیرجات سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18876)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Dayrajāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1202 AH (=AD 1787-1788)

Obverse

۱۲۰۲, lion right with star below and date

Reverse

رایج ۷۱, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18894)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1202 AH (=AD 1787-1788)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا و نقره از خورشيد و ماه * تا زند بر چهره نقش سكه تيمور شاه / ١٢٠٢, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنه ١٥, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe