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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 (HCR17976)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1308 (AD= 1890–1891)

Islamic coin (HCR17977)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1308 (AD= 1890–1891)

Islamic coin (HCR12404)

Period

Mint

Paris (France) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1309 (AD= 1891–1892)

Islamic coin (HCR12406)

Period

Mint

Paris (France) (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

1309 (AD= 1891–1892)

Islamic coin (HCR12487)

Period

Denom.

10 Francs

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12488)

Period

Denom.

2 Francs

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12490)

Period

Denom.

Franc

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12491)

Period

Denom.

Franc

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12492)

Period

Denom.

50 Centimes

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12493)

Period

Denom.

10 Centimes

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12495)

Period

Denom.

5 Centimes

Dating

1891

Islamic coin (HCR12533)

Period

Mint

Paris (France) (Islamic)

Denom.

5 Dirhams

Dating

1309 (AD= 1891–1892)

Islamic coin (HCR17985)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1309 (AD= 1891–1892)

Islamic coin (HCR17994)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1309 (AD= 1891–1892)

Islamic coin (HCR12489)

Period

Denom.

2 Francs

Dating

1892

Islamic coin (HCR12494)

Period

Denom.

10 Centimes

Dating

1892

Islamic coin (HCR16133)

Period

Person

Haydar, 1800 - 1826

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1310 AH (=AD 1892-1893)

Obverse

اميرحيدرمرحوم عاقبت محمود ۱۳۱۰, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب بخارا شريف ۱۳۱۰, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Islamic coin (HCR16134)

Period

Person

Haydar, 1800 - 1826

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1310 AH (=AD 1892-1893)

Obverse

اميرحيدرمرحوم عاقبت محمود ۱۳۱۰, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Reverse

ضرب بخارا شريف ۱۳۱۰, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamental border

Islamic coin (HCR16160)

Period

Person

Sayyid Muḥammad (Khiva), 1856 - 1865

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1310? AH (=AD 1892-1893)

Obverse

سيد محمد خان مرحومي ١٣١٠؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

ضرب دار الاسلام خوارزم ١٣١٠؟, Arabi inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Islamic coin (HCR12408)

Period

Mint

Paris (France) (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

1311 (AD= 1893–1894)