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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).

Untitled coin (HCR15195)

Period

Islamic

Islamic coin (HCR15197)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Jurjān (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Obverse

قاآن / العادل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagram

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear square, traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments