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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 (HCR19179)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1289 AH (=AD 1872-1873)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19180)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1289 AH (=AD 1872-1873)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٨٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR12388)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1290 (AD= 1873–1874)

Islamic coin (HCR12389)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1290 (AD= 1873–1874)

Islamic coin (HCR17859)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1277/14 (AD= 1873–1874)

Reverse

عز نصره / ضرب في / قسطنطنية /١٢٧٧

Islamic coin (HCR18595)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

(12)90? AH (=AD 1873-1874)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب دار العباده يزد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19181)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1290 AH (=AD 1873-1874)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٩٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19197)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1290 AH (=AD 1873-1874)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩٠, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circle

Reverse

يا امير كل امير ضرب قندهار ١٢٩٠, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19430)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1290 AH (=AD 1873-1874)

Obverse

none, sunface, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

فلوس قندهار ١٢٩٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19183)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1291 AH (=AD 1874)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٩١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19198)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1291 AH (=AD 1874-1875)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩١, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

يا امير كل امير ضرب قندهار ١٢٩١, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16155)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fūlād, 1875 - 1875

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1292 AH (=AD 1875-1876)

Obverse

سيد محمد فولاد خان غازي ١٢٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR19185)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1292 AH (=AD 1875)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه كابل ١٢٩٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19186)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1292 AH (=AD 1875)

Obverse

امير شير على, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by hatched circle

Reverse

يكروپيه / ضرب دار السلطنه كابل فيسنه (كذا) ۱۲۹۲, Persian inscription in field and ant-clockwise around, enclosed by hatched circle

Islamic coin (HCR19199)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 rupee

Dating

1292 AH (=AD 1875)

Obverse

امير شير على ١٢٩٢, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

يا امير كل امير قندهار ١٢٩٢, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR17970)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1293 (AD=1876–1877)

Islamic coin (HCR18754)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ṭihrān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1293 AH (=AD 1876)

Obverse

چنجاه دينار, 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

ضرب دار الخلافه طهران, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillaet circles and wreath