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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 (HCR19196)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

امير شير على خان, Persian inscription within a wreath as a rudimentary toughra

Reverse

ضرب قندهار ١٢٨٩, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19389)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

none, uncertain

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات ١٢٨٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR99813)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī, 1855 - 1875

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

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

Reverse

مجدبنة / الخهررية / سنة ١٢٨٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR99814)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī, 1855 - 1875

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

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

Reverse

مجدبنة / الخهررية / سنة ١٢٨٤, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR99815)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī, 1855 - 1875

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

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

Reverse

مجدبنة / الخهررية / سنة ١٢٨٤, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR99827)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī, 1855 - 1875

Mint

Harar (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1284 AH (=AD 1867-1868)

Obverse

السلطان / محمد بن علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by rough hexalobe

Reverse

مجدبنة / الخهررية / سنة ١٢٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by rough hexalobe

Islamic coin (HCR12376)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1285 (=AD 1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR12392)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1285 (=AD 1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR12393)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1285 (=AD 1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17882)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/8 (AD= 1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17896)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1277/9 (AD=1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17897)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1277/9 (AD=1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17899)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1277/9 (AD=1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17904)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1277/9 (AD=1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR17905)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1277/9 (AD=1868–1869)

Islamic coin (HCR19175)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

ز التفات کثیر امیر / امیر شیر علی سکه زد چو بدر منیر ۱۲۸۵, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان کابل ۱۲۸۵, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19176)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

ز التفات کثیر امیر کل امیر / امیر شیر علی سکه زد چو بدر منیر ۱۲۸۵, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان کابل ۱۲۸۵, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19192)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

زعين مرحمت كردگار لم يزلي * بيافت سكه رواج از اميرعلى, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

يا امير كل امير قندهار ١٢۸۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19193)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

زعين مرحمت كردگار لم يزلي * بيافت سكه رواج از اميرعلى, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

يا امير كل امير قندهار ١٢۸۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR12377)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)