Showing only coins which have been fully documented and approved. Show all coins

Search coins in this collection

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 (HCR14364)

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 letter above and annulet above, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle and five equidistant annulets

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

Islamic coin (HCR14389)

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

Fasā (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 ornaments above and below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five equidistant annulets

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14408)

Period

Islamic

Mint

ʿUmān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 (=AD 991–992)

Islamic coin (HCR14409)

Period

Islamic

Mint

ʿUmān (Islamic)

Dating

381 (=AD 991–992)

Islamic coin (HCR14410)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid)

Mint

ʿUmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 (=AD 991–992)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الطائع لله / فخر الدولة و فلك / الامة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription (mint/date formula) anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

(لله) / محمد رسول الله / الملك العدل / صمام الدولة / و شمس الملة / أبو كاليجار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription (Quran 9:33) anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14438)

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

381 AH (=AD 991-992)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الامير السيد / شاهانشاه / 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

Islamic coin (HCR14439)

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

381 AH (=AD 991-992)

Obverse

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14474)

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

Jīruft (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 three pellet triangle above and crescent below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, 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 inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14533)

Period

Islamic

Person

Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991, Nūḥ b Manṣūr (Samanid), 976 - 997, Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 977 - 997

Mint

Farwān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

381 AH (=AD 991-992)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول / الله نوح بن / منصور / سبكتكين ف د د, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by off flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR16483)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū ‘Alī al-Faraj, 991 - 1003

Mint

‘Athar (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

381 AH (=AD 991-992)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / الطائع لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two separated linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

امر به الامير / ابو علي الفرج / الطرفي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two separated linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12611)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 AH (= AD 992–993)

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 (HCR14179)

Period

Islamic

Person

Khalaf b. Āḥmad (Ṣaffārid), 970 - 1003, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Sijistān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

382 AH (=AD 992-993)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / ولي الدولة / ابو احمد, Arabic inscription in field with star above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14365)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 (=AD 992º993)

Islamic coin (HCR14366)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 AH (=AD 992-993)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription in field with crescent above, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle and five sets of double annulets

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14367)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 (992–993)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription with annulet below in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14368)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 (=AD 992–993)

Islamic coin (HCR14369)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 (=992-993)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by beaded circle and paired equidistant annulets

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14391)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan ’Alī (Būyid), Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Fasā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 AH (=AD 992-993)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription in field with letter above and three pellets below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14406)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Sīrāf (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

382 (=AD 992–993)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription in field with annulet below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle and five equidistant double annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الملك العدل / صمصام الدولة / و شمس الملة / ابو كاليجار, Arabic inscription in field with annulet and two pellets below, enclosed by two pointillate circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14407)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṣamṣām al-Dawla, Abū Kālījār al-Marzubān (Būyid)

Mint

ʿUmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

382 (=AD 992–993)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / الملك العدل صمصام الدولة / وشمس الملة / ابر كاليجار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin