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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 (HCR16151)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sayyid Sulṭān (Ming Khans), 1863 - 1865

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

916 AH (=AD 1863-1864)

Obverse

سيد سلطان محمد بهادر خان ١٢٨٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR16152)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sayyid Sulṭān (Ming Khans), 1863 - 1865

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1280 AH (=AD 1863-1864)

Obverse

سيد سلطان محمد بهادر خان ١٢٨٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR16153)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sayyid Sulṭān (Ming Khans), 1863 - 1865

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1280 AH (=AD 1863-1864)

Obverse

سيد سلطان محمد بهادر خان ١٢٨٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR16158)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sayyid Muḥammad (Khiva), 1856 - 1865

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1280 AH (=AD 1863-1864)

Obverse

سيد محمد بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

١٢٨٠ / ضرب دار الاسلام خوارزم, date centre, enclosed by double plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by ornamented border