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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 (HCR14305)

Period

Islamic

Person

Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976, Fā‘iq, Abū Bakr al-Muharrij

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

358 AH (=AD 969)

Obverse

فائق / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with ornament below, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المطيع لله / منصور / بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14306)

Period

Islamic

Person

Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976, Fā‘iq

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

358 AH (=AD 969)

Obverse

فائق / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with pellet below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14310)

Period

Islamic

Person

Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976

Mint

Farghāna (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

358 AH (=AD 969)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / الملك المظفر / منصور بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles and eight equidistant annulets, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14312)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

358 AH (=AD 969)

Obverse

مافي(؟) / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / المطيع لله / منصور / بن نوح, Arabic inscription in field, enclsoed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14329)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid), ‘Izz al-Dawla, Abū ‘Alī Manṣūr Bakhtīyār (Būyid), 967 - 978

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

359 AH (=AD 969-970)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / عز الدولة / ابو منصور / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

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 around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14471)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid), Shīrdhīl

Mint

Bardasīr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

359 AH (=AD 969-970)

Obverse

ك / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five equidistant annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / المطيع لله / الامير العدل / عضد الدولة / ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11940)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

360 (=AD 970–971)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام الحكم / امير المؤمنين / المستنصر بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles

Islamic coin (HCR11941)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Dating

360 (=AD 970–971)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام / الحكم / امير المؤمنين / المستنصر/ بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR12584)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

360 AH (= AD 970–971)

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 (HCR12588)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

360 AH (= AD 970–971)

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 (HCR12590)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh, 953 - 975

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

36x AH (=AD 970-976)

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 (HCR14342)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Baṣra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

360 (=AD 970–971)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / مؤيد الدولة / ابو منصور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الطائع لله / الملك السيد / عضد الدولة / و تاج الملة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14480)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid), Zahīr al-Dawla Bīsutūn, 968 - 978

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

360 AH (=AD 970-971)

Obverse

س / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / المطيع لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / ركن الدولة ابو علي / ظهير الدولة / ابو منصور / وشمكير, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14482)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Firrīm (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

360 AH (=AD 970-971)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / المطيع لله / ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR11942)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat al-Zahra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

361 (=AD 971–972)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام الحكم / امير المؤمنين / المستنصر بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles

Islamic coin (HCR12754)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad

Mint

Filasṭīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

361 AH (=AD 971-972)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده / لا شريك له / السادة / الرؤساء, 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 علي اله / المطيع لله / الحسن بن احمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14181)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, Khalaf b. Āḥmad (Ṣaffārid), 970 - 1003

Mint

Sijistān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

361 AH (=AD 971-972)

Obverse

خلف بن / احمد, Arabic inscription in field with flower above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

المطيع / لله, Arabic inscription in field with floral canopy above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14304)

Period

Islamic

Person

Manṣūr I b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 961 - 976

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

daniq

Dating

360 AH (=AD 971)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14362)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

361 AH (=AD 971-972)

Obverse

ابن / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five large equidistant annulets

Reverse

ف / محمد رسول الله / المطيع لله / الامير العدل / عضد الدولة / ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field with letter above, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14388)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muṭī‘, 946 - 974, ‘Aḍud al-Dawla, Abū Shujā·(Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid)

Mint

Fasā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

361 AH (=AD 971-972)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ركن الدولة / ابو علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five large equidistant annulets

Reverse