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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 (HCR19217)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Bārakzāy), 1880 - 1901

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1300 AH (=AD 1883)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and zigzag borders

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات ١۳۰۰, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19412)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

13xx AH (=AD 1883-1978)

Obverse

none, four petals in the form of cross

Reverse

فلوس . . . ١٣, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19443)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

130x? AH (=AD 1883-1891)

Obverse

none, six-petal rosette

Reverse

فلوس قندهار ١٣٠, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR19444)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

possibly 1301? AH (=AD 1883-1884)

Obverse

none, A design of four leaves or petals

Reverse

غزنين ٣١, partially off-flan Arabic inscription

Islamic coin (HCR17924)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kuruş (100)

Dating

1293/10 (AH= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17972)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1885–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17973)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17974)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17982)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17983)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17992)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17993)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18001)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18009)

Period

Mint

Misr

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18010)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18017)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18018)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18035)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/2)

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR18044)

Period

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/4)

Dating

1302 (AD= 1884–1885)

Islamic coin (HCR17926)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1293/11 (AD= 1885–1886)