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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 (HCR18076)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1333 (AD= 1914–1915)

Islamic coin (HCR19309)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1333 AH (=AD 1914-1915)

Obverse

none, mosque with minbar

Reverse

قندهار ١٣٣٣, Arabic inscription partially off flan

Islamic coin (HCR19310)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1333 AH (=AD 1914-1915)

Obverse

none, mosque with minbar

Reverse

قندهار ١٣٣٣, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18065)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

40 Para

Dating

1334 (AD 1915–1916)

Islamic coin (HCR18066)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

40 Para

Dating

1334 (AD 1915–1916)

Islamic coin (HCR18077)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1334 (AD 1915–1916)

Islamic coin (HCR18053)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1335 (AD 1916–1917)

Islamic coin (HCR12498)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

50 Centimes

Dating

1917

Islamic coin (HCR12501)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

10 Centimes

Dating

1917

Islamic coin (HCR12503)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

5 Centimes

Dating

1917

Islamic coin (HCR16137)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

4 fulus

Dating

1335 AH (=AD 1917)

Obverse

بخارا سنة ١٣٣٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

چهار فلوس, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16138)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

8 fulus

Dating

1335 AH (=AD 1917)

Obverse

بخارا سنة ١٣٣٥, Arabic inscription in field divided by two horizontal plain lines, all enclosed by two plain and one beaded circle

Reverse

چهار فلوس, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by two plain and one beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR18054)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kuruş (10)

Dating

1336 (AD 1917–1918)

Islamic coin (HCR12499)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

25 Centimes

Dating

1919

Islamic coin (HCR12504)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

5 Centimes

Dating

1920

Islamic coin (HCR12435)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Paris (France) (Islamic)

Denom.

10 Mazuna

Dating

1340 (AD 1921–1922)

Islamic coin (HCR12506)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Franc

Dating

1926

Islamic coin (HCR17676)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Jaza'ir

Denom.

1/6 Bucu

Dating

1245 (AD= 1829–1830)

Obverse

Tughra

Islamic coin (HCR12442)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

5 Francs

Dating

1352 (AD= 1933–1934)

Islamic coin (HCR12505)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

5 Francs

Dating

1939