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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 (HCR17930)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1293/11 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR17955)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1293/11 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR17956)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1293/11 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR17957)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1293/11 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR17975)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR17984)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR18002)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR18003)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR18004)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR18019)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR18025)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1303 (AD= 1885–1886)

Islamic coin (HCR19221)

Period

Person

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

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1303 AH (=AD 1885-1886)

Obverse

امير عبد الرحمن ۳۳, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by border of triangles

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطنه هرات ؟؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Islamic coin (HCR99816)

Period

Person

‘Abd Allāh b. Muḥammad, 1884 - 1887

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1303 AH (=AD 1885-1886)

Obverse

العبد / الضعيف / ١٣٠٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب في / مدينة / هرر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR99817)

Period

Person

‘Abd Allāh b. Muḥammad, 1884 - 1887

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1303 AH (=AD 1885-1886)

Obverse

العبد / الضعيف / ١٣٠٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب في / مدينة / هرر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR17927)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1293/12 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18011)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18020)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18021)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18036)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/2)

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)

Islamic coin (HCR18037)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş (1/2)

Dating

1304 (AD= 1886–1887)