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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 (HCR12630)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

384 AH (= AD 994–995)

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 (HCR12631)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

384 AH (= AD 994–995)

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 (HCR12632)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṣūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

384 AH (= AD 994–995)

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 (HCR14396)

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

Kard Fanā Khusra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

384 AH (=AD 994)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / فخر الدولة / و فلك الامة, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic letter above and annulet below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle divided by five sets of two 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, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14534)

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

384 AH (=AD 994)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / الطائع لله / ف د, Arabic inscription in field with 'horseshoe symbol' above and mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by off flan 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 (HCR14539)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 384-385 AH (=AD 994-995)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / سبكتكين/ 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 / الطائع لله / ف د و, Arabic inscription in field with first word between two pellets and mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11962)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385. (=AD 995–996)

Obverse

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

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 (HCR12607)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

al-Mahdīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

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 (HCR12636)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

المنصور / ولي, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Reverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12637)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

المنصور / ولي, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Reverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12638)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

المنصور / ولي, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Reverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, pellet in centre in field, enclosed by four concentric linear circles containing two anti-clockwise linear inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12639)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

المنصور ولي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circle and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12640)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

المنصور / ولي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circle and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12641)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

المنصور / ولي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR12642)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz billāh, 975 - 996

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (= AD 995–996)

Obverse

عهد / المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

المنصور ولي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription, enclosed by anti-clockwise Arabic inscription in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR12756)

Period

Islamic

Person

Janāḥ al-Dawla ‘Alī (‘Uqaylid), 995 - 1000, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (=AD 995-996)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الملك بها الدولة / و ضيا الملة / ابو نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

القادر بالله / ابو الحسن علي / بن لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / المسيب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12757)

Period

Islamic

Person

Janāḥ al-Dawla ‘Alī (‘Uqaylid), 995 - 1000, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

3[85] Ah (=AD 995-996)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الملك بها الدولة / و ضيا الملة / ابو نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enlosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-cloclwise in margin

Reverse

القادر بالله / ابو الحسن علي / بن لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / المسيب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12764)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥasan b. Marwan, 990 - 997, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (=AD 995)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الملك بها الدولة / و ضيا المللة / ابو نصر / حرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / القادر بالله / الامير ابو علي / الحسن بن مرون, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14343)

Period

Islamic

Person

Bahā al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr (Būyid), 988 - 12, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

al-Baṣra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

385 AH (=AD 995)

Obverse

ح / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر / بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / الملك العدل شاها / نشاه بها الدولة و ضيا / الملة و غياث الامة / ابو نصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14538)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

(38)5 AH=AD 995

Obverse

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

Reverse

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