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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 (HCR12529)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Algiers

Denom.

5 Centimes

Dating

1977

Islamic coin (HCR12461)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

5 Dirhams

Dating

1980

Islamic coin (HCR17931)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Kurus (2)

Dating

1311 (AD= 1893–1894)

Islamic coin (HCR18362)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Dating

1424 AH (=AD 2003-2004)

Obverse

سكه بر زر كرد نام سلطان را در جهان * نادر ايران زمين و خسرو گيتى ستان / ضرب مشهد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

بتاريخ الخير في ما وقع / ١١٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octolobe, broad margin with plain and beaded circles