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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 (HCR12351)

Period

Islamic

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1262 (AD= 1845–1846)

Islamic coin (HCR17787)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1255/7 (AD=1845)

Obverse

سنة ٧, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17788)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1255/7 (AD=1845)

Obverse

سنة ٧, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17791)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1255/7 (AD=1845)

Obverse

سنة ٧, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17792)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1255/8 (AD= 1845–1846)

Obverse

سنة ٨, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17814)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1255/8 (AD= 1845–1846)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ٨

Islamic coin (HCR17819)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1255/8 (AD= 1845–1846)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ٨

Islamic coin (HCR17820)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1255/8 (AD= 1845–1846)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ٨

Islamic coin (HCR17830)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1255/8 (AD= 1845–1846)

Obverse

۱۰ \ پ, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR17841)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1255/7 (AD=1845)

Islamic coin (HCR18529)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1261 AH (=AD 1845)

Obverse

محمد شاهنشه انبياء, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle, all enclosed by lobed border

Reverse

ضرب مشهد مقدس ١٢٦١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle, all enclosed by lobed border

Islamic coin (HCR18536)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1261 AH (=AD 1845)

Obverse

محمد شاهنشه انبياء, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles divided by ornaments

Reverse

ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١٢٦١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles divided by ornaments

Islamic coin (HCR18546)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad Shāh, 1835 - 1847

Mint

Ṭihrān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1261 AH (=AD 1845)

Obverse

none, lion left holding a sword in right front paw with sun behind and crown above, framed by wreath tied at bottom, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

شاهنشه انبياء محمد / ضرب دار الخلافه طهران, Persian and Arabic inscription in field divided by palms, enclosed by double plain square, fancy ornament on four sides, all enclosed by pointillate circle