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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 (HCR14350)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Mu’izz al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad (Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Tustar min al-Ahwāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

340 AH (=AD 951-952)

Obverse

ب / لا اله الا / الله وحده لا شريك له / معز الدولة / ابو الحسن بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / المطيع لله / ركن الدولة / ابو علي بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR11907)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

341 (=AD 952–953)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles

Reverse

الامام الناص/ لدين الله عبد الرحمن / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h

Islamic coin (HCR12554)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Abū al-Qāsim, 946 - 961

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

341 AH (= AD 952–953)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم بن / الاخشيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:3-4) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و على آله / المطيع لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12571)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū al-Qāsim, 946 - 961, ‘Ubayd Allāh al-Mahdī, 909 - 934, al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

341 AH (= AD 952–953)

Obverse

محمد / ابو القسم / لا اله الا / الله وحده لا شريك له / المهدى بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle,enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الامام / القائم بامر الله / محمد / رسول الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12591)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 952-976)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12592)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 952-976)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12593)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

unknown date (=AD 952-975)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription, all enclosed by linear inscription

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription, all enclosed by linear inscription

Islamic coin (HCR14284)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustakfī, 944 - 946, Nūḥ b. Nāṣr (Samanid), 943 - 954

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

341 AH (=AD 952-953)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ع ع, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المستكفي بالله / نوح بن نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR14285)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustakfī, 944 - 946, Nūḥ b. Nāṣr (Samanid), 943 - 954

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

341 AH (=AD 952-953)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ع ع, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark below, enclosed by thin plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by thin plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المستكفي بالله / نوح بن نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14403)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974

Mint

Sīrāf (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

341 (=AD 952–953)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field with star above, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المطيع لله / ابو شجاع / ع س, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12555)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Abū al-Qāsim, 946 - 961

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

342 AH (= AD 953–954)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم بن / الاخشيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:3-4) anti-clockwise in margin from 1230h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14287)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustakfī, 944 - 946, Nūḥ b. Nāṣr (Samanid), 943 - 954

Mint

Āmul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

342 AH (=AD 953-954)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / الملك المويد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المستكفي بالله / نوح بن نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by braided circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14289)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustakfī, 944 - 946, Nūḥ b. Nāṣr (Samanid), 943 - 954

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

342 AH (=AD 953-954)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / الملك المويد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المستكفي بالله / نوح بن نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14326)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Mu’izz al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad (Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

342 AH (=AD 953-954)

Obverse

د / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / معز الدولة / ابو الحسن / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / المطيع لله / ركن الدولة / ابو علي / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14338)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Mu’izz al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad (Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

al-Baṣra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

342 AH (=AD 953-954)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / معز الدولة / ابو الحسن / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14404)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sīrāf (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

342 (=AD 953-954)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11909)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Dating

343 (=AD 954–955)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / محمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by three circles

Reverse

الامام الناص/ لدين الله عبد الرحمن / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR12556)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Abū al-Qāsim, 946 - 961

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

343 AH (= AD 954–955)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم بن / الاخشيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 12h, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:3-4) anti-clockwise in margin from 1230h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / صلى الله عليه / المطيع لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12585)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

343 AH (= AD 954–955)

Obverse

المعز لدين الله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric rings containing three anti-clockwise marginal inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14286)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustakfī, 944 - 946, Nūḥ b. Nāṣr (Samanid), 943 - 954

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

343 AH (=AD 954-955)

Obverse

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المستكفي بالله / نوح بن نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin