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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 (HCR12384)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1288 (=AD 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR12385)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1288 (=AD 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR12398)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1288 (=AD 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR12399)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1288 (=AD 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR17885)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/12 (AD= 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR17886)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/12 (AD= 1871–1872)

Islamic coin (HCR12386)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fasā (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR12387)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR16149)

Period

Islamic

Person

Malla, 1858 - 1862

Mint

Kāshghar (Islamic)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1289 AH (=AD 1872-1873)

Obverse

سيد محمد ملة خان ۱۲۸۹, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف ١٢٨۹, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Islamic coin (HCR17887)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/13 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17888)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/13 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17890)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1277/13 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17909)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl (2)

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17918)

Period

Ottoman

Denom.

Harube (2)

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17919)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (2)

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17920)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17921)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17922)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (1/2)

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR17923)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Harube (1/2)

Dating

1289 (AD= 1872–1873)

Islamic coin (HCR18562)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Hamadān (Islamic)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1289 AH (=AD 1872-1873)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain double circle

Reverse

ضرب بلده طيّبه همدان ١٢٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin double plain square, enclosed by beaded circle