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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 (HCR11949)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

379 (=AD 989–990)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12606)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

379 AH (= AD 989–990)

Obverse

عبد الله و وليه نزار الامام العزيز بالله امير المؤمنين, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14428)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Khusra Fīrūz, 983 - 994, Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Āmul (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379 AH (=AD 989-990)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / خسر فيروز / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque above, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الطائة لله / الامير السيد / فحر الدولة / و فلك الامة / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14429)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Khusra Fīrūz, 983 - 994, Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Āmul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379 AH (=AD 989-990)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / خسر فيروز / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14431)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Khusra Fīrūz, 983 - 994, Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Āmul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379 AH (=AD 989-990)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / خسر فيروز / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14432)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Khusra Fīrūz, 983 - 994, Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Āmul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379? AH (=AD 989-990)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / خسر فيروز / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14437)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Khusra Fīrūz, 983 - 994, Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Āmul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379 AH (=AD 989-990)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14456)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Rukn al-Dawla Abū·’Alī al-Ḥasan (Būyid), Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

379 AH (=AD 989=990)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الامير السيد / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة / بن ركن الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11951)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

380 (=AD 990–991)

Islamic coin (HCR11952)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

380 (=AD 990–991)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR11953)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

380 (=AD 990–991)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام هشام / امير المؤمنين / المؤيد بالله / عامر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR11990)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Tarifa (Islamic)

Dating

380 (=AD 990–991)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / ابو شهيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Reverse

الحاجب / الامام هشام / امير المؤمنين / المؤيد بالله / عامر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR12604)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Manṣūrīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

380 AH (= AD 990–991)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12633)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

38x AH (=AD 990-999)

Obverse

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12634)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

38x AH (=AD 990-999)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14535)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nūḥ b Manṣūr (Samanid), 976 - 997, Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 977 - 997

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

380? AH (=AD 990)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / الطائع لله, Arabic inscription in field with 'horse-shoe' symbol between two pellets above and mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول / الله نوح بن / منصور / سبكتكين, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark and cross below, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by mostly illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR11954)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 (=AD 991–992)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام هشام / امير المؤمنين / المؤيد بالله / عامر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by circle

Islamic coin (HCR11955)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 (=AD 991–992)

Islamic coin (HCR12610)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 AH (= AD 991–992)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله على خير صفوة الله, pellet centre, enclosed by four concentric linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14363)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 AH (=AD 991-992)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الطائع لله / فخر الدولة و فلك / الامة, Arabic inscription in field with crescent above and annulet below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الملك العدل / صمصام الدولة / و شمس الملة / ابو كاليجار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin