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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 (HCR18974)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1225 AH (=AD 1810)

Obverse

شد جهان روشن تر از خور شيد و ماه * از شعاع سكه ايوب شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات / ۱١٢۵, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19022)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shujā‘ al-Mulk, 2nd reign, 1804 - 1809

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1225 AH (=AD 1810)

Obverse

(پادشاه) شجاع الملك شاه درّ درانى ١٢٢٥, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

فلوس ضرب ملتان ٥, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19061)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1225 AH (=AD 1810)

Obverse

يا شاه نور الدين يا مخدوم ۱۲۲۵, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

(ضرب) خطه كشمير سنه, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR19062)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1225 AH (=AD 1810)

Obverse

يا شاه نور الدين يا مخدوم ۱۲۲۵, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

(ضرب) خطه كشمير سنه, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR16117)

Period

Islamic

Person

Haydar, 1800 - 1826

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1226 AH (=AD 1811-1812)

Obverse

امير حيدر سيد ١٢٢٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by almond-like cartouche, all enclosed by herringbone border

Reverse

ضرب بخاراي شريف ١٢٢٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR17541)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/4 (AD= 1811–1812)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17574)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/4 (AD= 1811–1812)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17575)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1223/4 (AD= 1811–1812)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17576)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Dating

1223/4 (AD= 1811–1812)

Islamic coin (HCR17659)

Period

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1226 (AD= 1811–1812)

Islamic coin (HCR18504)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/8 Riyāl

Dating

1226 AH (=AD 1811)

Obverse

السلطان بن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان اصفهان ۱۲۲۶, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16638)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī ‘Abd Allāh, 1812 - 1836

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1227-1251 AH (=AD 1812-1836)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضربت / صنعا, Arabic inscription in field, inscription divided by horizontal line, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16639)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī ‘Abd Allāh, 1812 - 1836

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1227-1251 AH (=AD 1812-1836)

Obverse

الامام المهدي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضربت / صنعا, Arabic inscription in field, inscription divided by horizontal line, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16640)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī ‘Abd Allāh, 1812 - 1836

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1227-1251 AH (=AD 1812-1836)

Obverse

الامام المهدي, 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 (HCR17542)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/5 (AD= 1812–1813)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17543)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/5 (AD= 1812–1813)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17544)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/5 (AD= 1812–1813)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17545)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/5 (AD= 1812–1813)

Obverse

Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17693)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/5 (AD= 1812–1813)

Obverse

ضرب في / مصر / سنة ١٢٢٣, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR18726)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Rikāb (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1227 AH (=AD 1812)

Obverse

none, uncertain quadruped in field

Reverse

ضرب ركاب, Arabic inscription in field