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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 (HCR14553)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Farwān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / يميني, Arabic inscription in field with annulet to left and right above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with pellet to left and right above, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14555)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Farwān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / يميني, Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by mostly illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with horseshoe symbol and pellets to either side above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by mostly illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14560)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

عدل / ع / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القادر بالله / يميني, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول / الله يمين الدو/ لة و امين الملة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with firs world between two pentagrams, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14597)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by 'horseshoe' symbols alternating with repeating Arabic word around, all enclosed by plain circle in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by 'horseshoe' symbols alternating with repeating Arabic word around, all enclosed by plain circle in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14598)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

عدل / ط / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / يميني, Arabic inscription in field with two pellets to left and right above and two pellets to left and right below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain two circles, enclosed by horseshoe symbols and repeating Arabic word, enclosed by plain circle around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14603)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

ع / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القادر بالله / يميني(؟), Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول ا / لله يمين الدولة / و امين الملة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with pellet to left and right above

Islamic coin (HCR14625)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة / و امين الملة / ولي امير المؤمنين؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14639)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

ط / 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

ط / محمد رسول الله / امين الملة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14640)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

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

Reverse

محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / (محمود), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR14641)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / (القد)ر بالله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

(م)حمد / رسو(ل / ا)لله يمين / (ا)لدولة و ا(مين / الملة), Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR14655)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Obverse

الملك / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / محمود, Arabic inscription in field with ornament to left and right, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

يميني / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / ظفط؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR11969)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

390 (=AD 999–1000)

Islamic coin (HCR11970)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

390 (= AD 999–1000)

Islamic coin (HCR11994)

Period

Islamic

Dating

389 (=AD 999–1000)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12766)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mumahhid al-Dawla, Abū Manṣūr Sa’īd b. Marwan (Marwanid), 997 - 1010, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

389 AH (=AD 999)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الملك بها الدولة / و ضيا الملة / 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 منصور / سعيد بن مرون, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14544)

Period

Islamic

Person

Al-Ṭā’I’ lilah, 991, Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030, Manṣūr II b. Nūḥ (Samanid), 976 - 997

Mint

Farwān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

389? AH (=AD 999)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / الطائح لله / ب د, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول / الله منصور / بن نوح / سيف الدولة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR14549)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 999-1030)

Obverse

ابو سعيد / . . . / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by fragment of Arabic inscription (mint/date formula) anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, all enclosed by off-flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14649)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030

Mint

Bust (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 999-1030)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / يمين الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by thin plain circle