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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 (HCR99809)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī, 1855 - 1875

Mint

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1274 AH (=AD 1857-1858)

Obverse

السلطان / محمد بن علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

. . . / مدبنة الس. . . / ١٢٦٤ / (سنة؟), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12364)

Period

Islamic

Mint

? (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1275 (AD= 1858–1859)

Islamic coin (HCR16144)

Period

Islamic

Person

Khudāyār, 1st reign, 1844 - 1858

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1275 AH (=AD 1858-1859)

Obverse

سيد محمد خدايار خان ١٢٧٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain square superimposed on second double plain square

Islamic coin (HCR17812)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1255/20 (AD= 1858–1859)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ١٩

Islamic coin (HCR17813)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1255/20 (AD= 1858–1859)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ١٩

Islamic coin (HCR17828)

Period

Person

'Alā al-Dīn 'Alī Shāh (in West Bengal), Sultan of Bengal, AH c.742 - 746/ c.1341 - 1345 CE

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1255/21 (AD= 1858–1859)

Obverse

۲۰ \ پ, Tughra above

Islamic coin (HCR17854)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl (1/2)

Dating

1275 (AD= 1858–1859)

Islamic coin (HCR18558)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 qirān

Dating

1275 AH (=AD 1858-1859)

Obverse

السلطان / ابن السلطان / ناصر الدين / شاه قاجار, Arabic inscription within petals of four-petal flower in field, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار المؤمنين استراباد ١٢٧٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by compound lobated square, all enclosed by two pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18583)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 qirān

Dating

1275 AH (=AD 1858-1859)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه تبريز ١٢٧٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped multilobe, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18584)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 qirān

Dating

1275 AH (=AD 1858-1859)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles enclosed by looped multilobe, all enclosed by pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه تبريز ١٢٧٥, Arabic inscription in field