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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 (HCR17524)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Rumi Altın (Atik 1/4)

Dating

1223/10 (AD= 1816–1817)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17551)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/10 (AD= 1816–1817)

Obverse

Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17552)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/10 (AD= 1816–1817)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17553)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Findik (1/4)

Dating

1223/10 (AD= 1816–1817)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17695)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/10 (AD= 1816–1817)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR18498)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Burūjird (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1816-1817)

Obverse

السلطان بن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field with background vine pattern

Reverse

ضرب بروجرد سنه ١٢٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles, background vine pattern

Islamic coin (HCR18506)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Kirmānshāhān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1816-1817)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار الدوله كرمان شاهان (كذا) سنه ١٢٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by double thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18690)

Period

Mint

Kirmānshāhān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1816-1817)

Obverse

none, St George slaying a dragon right, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

فلوس كرمانشاهان ١٢٣٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19051)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1816-1817)

Obverse

حسن ديگر بزر و سيم فزود * سكه دولت سلطان محمود / ١٢۳۲, Persian inscription in central cartouche and in four panels around

Reverse

ضرب پشاور سنه ۹ جلوس, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by herringbone octagon

Islamic coin (HCR19052)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1231 AH (=AD 1816)

Obverse

(سكه مبارك؟) محمود شاه پادشاه (غازى) ١٢٣١, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

فلوس ضرب پشاور, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16140)

Period

Person

Muḥammad ‘Umar (Ming Khans), 1810 - 1823

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1817)

Obverse

امام المسلمين سيد محمد عمر امير, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

ضرب دار الملك خوقند ١٢٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR18521)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/8 Riyāl

Dating

1233 AH (=AD 1817-1818)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان فتحعلى شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد ۱۲۳۲, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by thin plain and paired beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18788)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1817-1818)

Obverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد ١٢٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border and beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise

Islamic coin (HCR19039)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1817)

Obverse

سكه بر زر زد بتوفيق اله * خسرو گيتى ستان محمود شاه / ۱۲۳۲, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب خطه كشمير سنه ۱۰, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR19046)

Period

Person

Maḥmūd Shāh, 1801 - 1830

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1232 AH (=AD 1817)

Obverse

پادشاه محمود شاه درّ درانى ١٢٣, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

فلوس ضرب ملتان ۹, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19066)

Period

Person

Ayyūb Shāh, 1817 - 1830

Mint

Pashāwar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1233 AH (=AD 1817-1818)

Obverse

شد جهان روشن تر از خور شيد و ماه * از شعاع سكه ايوب شاه / ١٢٣٣, Persian inscription around in four panels and ending in central cartouche, all enclosed by herringbone circle

Reverse

ضرب پشاور جلوس ميمنت مأنوس / احد, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by herringbone octagon