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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 (HCR19083)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shujā‘ al-Mulk, 5th reign, 1840 - 1842

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/4 rupee

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

سكه زد بر سيم زر روشنتر از خورشيد و ماه / حامى دين نبى سلطان شجاع الملك شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب احمدشاهى ۱۲۵۵, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19084)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shujā‘ al-Mulk, 5th reign, 1840 - 1842

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/4 rupee

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

سكه زد بر سيم زر روشنتر از خورشيد و ماه / حامى دين نبى سلطان شجاع الملك شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب احمدشاهى ۱۲۵۵, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19086)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shujā‘ al-Mulk, 5th reign, 1840 - 1842

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

سكه زد بر سيم و زر روشن تر از خور شيد وماه * حامى دين نبى شجاع الملك شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٥٥ سنه احد, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19087)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

سلطان شجاع الملك شاه / ۱۲۵۵, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنه, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19089)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

mohur

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

سلطان شجاع الملك شاه / ۱۲۵۵, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنه ١٢٥٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19090)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1255 AH (AD=1839-1840)

Obverse

سلطان شجاع الملك شاه, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنه ١٢٥۶, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19118)

Period

Islamic

Person

Dūst Muḥammad, 1842 - 1863

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

امير دوست محمد بعزم جنگ جهاد / كمر ببست وبزد سكه ناصرش حق باد, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل سنه ١٢۵۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR19425)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

none, sword between two flowers in field

Reverse

ضرب فلوس احمدشاهى ١٢٥٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19426)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Aḥmadshāhī (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1255 AH (=AD 1839-1840)

Obverse

none, sword between to flowers in field

Reverse

ضرب فلوس احمدشاهى ١٢٥٥, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12324)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

Bunduqi

Dating

1256 (AD=1840–1841)

Islamic coin (HCR12347)

Period

Islamic

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1256 (AD=1840–1841)

Islamic coin (HCR12516)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Taqdamt (Islamic)

Denom.

Bucu

Dating

1256 (AD=1840–1841)

Islamic coin (HCR12518)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Taqdamt (Islamic)

Denom.

Kharruba

Dating

1256 (AD=1840–1841)

Islamic coin (HCR16642)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Hādī Muḥammad, 1694 - 1699

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1256-1259 AH (=AD 1840-1843)

Obverse

الهادي, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضربت / صنعا, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17773)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1255/2 (AD= 1840–1841)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17774)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1255/2 (AD= 1840–1841)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17782)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1255/2 (AD= 1840–1841)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR17785)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1255/2 (AD= 1840–1841)

Islamic coin (HCR17832)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1256 (AD=1840–1841)

Obverse

۵\پ, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR18553)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1256 AH (=AD 1840-1841)

Obverse

محمد شاهنشه انبياء, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by double thin plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد ١٢٥٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, ornament around