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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 (HCR17597)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/21 (AD= 1827–1828)

Obverse

Tughra in centre: legend around

Islamic coin (HCR17666)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1243 (AD= 1827–1828)

Islamic coin (HCR17670)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/8)

Dating

1243 (AD= 1827–1828)

Islamic coin (HCR17697)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/21 (AD= 1827–1828)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17700)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Dating

1223/21 (AD= 1827–1828)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17714)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1223/21 (AD= 1827–1828)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17766)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Zolta (double - çifte)

Dating

1223/21 (AD= 1827–1828)

Islamic coin (HCR19105)

Period

Person

Purdil Khān, 2nd reign, 1826 - 1831

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1243 AH (=AD 1827-1828)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب احمدشاهى ١٢٤٣, Arabic inscription arranged in toughra-like form in field

Islamic coin (HCR19106)

Period

Person

Purdil Khān, 2nd reign, 1826 - 1831

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1243 AH (=AD 1827-1828)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب احمدشاهى ١٢٤٣, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16121)

Period

Person

Haydar, 1800 - 1826

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1244 AH (=AD 1828-1829)

Obverse

اميرحيدرمرحوم عاقبت محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Reverse

ضرب بخاراي شريف ١٢۴۴, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Islamic coin (HCR17528)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Hayriye (gold)

Dating

1223/22 (AD= 1828–1829)

Obverse

سلطان / سلاطين / زمان, Tughra in centre: legend around

Islamic coin (HCR17625)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1223/22 (AD= 1828–1829)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17632)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1223/22 (AD= 1828–1829)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17667)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/4)

Dating

1244 (AD= 1828–1829)

Islamic coin (HCR17671)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/8)

Dating

1244 (AD= 1828–1829)

Islamic coin (HCR17672)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

Bucu (1/8)

Dating

1244 (AD= 1828–1829)

Islamic coin (HCR17678)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

5 Akçe

Dating

1244 (AD= 1828–1829)

Islamic coin (HCR18505)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1244 AH (=AD 1828-1829)

Obverse

سكه فتحعلى شه خسرو صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان اصفهان ۱۲۴۴, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR18510)

Period

Person

Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, 1796 - 1835

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1244 AH (=AD 1828-1829)

Obverse

سكه فتحعلى شه خسرو صاحبقران, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب مشهد امام عليه السلام ١٢٤٤, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by pointillate cartouche, unadorned border

Islamic coin (HCR12344)

Period

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

Uncertain

Dating

1245 (AD= 1829–1830)