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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 (HCR18049)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl (4)

Dating

1294 (1877–1878)

Islamic coin (HCR19188)

Period

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1294 AH (=AD 1877)

Obverse

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

Reverse

يكروپيه / ضرب دار السلطنه كابل فيسنه (كذا) ۱۲۹۴, Persian inscription in field and anti-clockwise around, enclosed by hatched circle

Islamic coin (HCR19189)

Period

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1294 AH (=AD 1877)

Obverse

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

Reverse

يكروپيه / ضرب دار السلطنه كابل فيسنه (كذا) ۱۲۹۴, Persian inscription in field and ant-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR19432)

Period

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1294 AH (=AD 1877)

Obverse

none, flower

Reverse

قندهار / (ضرب ١٢٩٤), sword centre with Arabic inscription above and below

Islamic coin (HCR16161)

Period

Person

Sayyid Muḥammad (Khiva), 1856 - 1865

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1295 AH (=AD 1878)

Obverse

سيد محمد خان مرحومي ١٢٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

ضرب دار الاسلام خوارزم ١٢٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Islamic coin (HCR17945)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17946)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17947)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (5)

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17959)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1294 (AD= 1877–1878)

Islamic coin (HCR17961)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17962)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17963)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17964)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17965)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17966)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17967)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR17971)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1295 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR18050)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR18051)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Riyāl

Dating

1296 (AD= 1878–1879)

Islamic coin (HCR18575)

Period

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1295 AH (=AD 1878)

Obverse

السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار ١٢٩٥, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by a wreath and two beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب مشهد الرضا ارواحنا له الفدا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain and beaded circles