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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 (HCR14333)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

403 AH (=AD 1012-1013)

Obverse

ملك / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الملك بها الدولة / و ضيا الملة / و غياث الامة / الملوك, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / القادر بالله / شاهانشاه قوام / الدين ابو نصر / ابريز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14412)

Period

Islamic

Mint

ʿUmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

403? AH (=AD 1012-1013)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / القائم بامر الله / الملك شاهانثاه / أبو كاليجار بن / سلطان الدولة, Arabic inscription in field with five-pointed star below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

محمد رسول الله / الأمير السيد / الاجل أبو الخسن / بن ناصر الدين, Arabic inscription in field with five-pointed star below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12019)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

403 (=AD 1013–1014)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12021)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

404 (=AD 1013–1014)

Islamic coin (HCR12666)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, 996 - 1021

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

404 AH (= AD 1013–1014)

Obverse

عبد الله الامام / الحاكم بامر الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two separated linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two separated linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR14371)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān al-Dawla, Abū Shujā (Būyid), ‘Imād al-Dawla, ‘Alī b.Buwayh, 934 - 949, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

404 AH (=AD 1013-1014)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر – بالله / ولي عهده الغالب بالله / لله, Arabic inscription in field with two rosettes below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / الملك الملوك شاها / نشاه عماد سلطان / الدولة و عز الملة / و معيث الامة ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14372)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān al-Dawla, Abū Shujā (Būyid), ‘Imād al-Dawla, ‘Alī b.Buwayh, 934 - 949, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

404 AH (=AD 1013-1014)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر – بالله / ولي عهده الغالب بالله / لله, Arabic inscription in field with rosette in circle centre, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / الملك الملوك شاها / نشاه عماد سلطان / الدولة و عز الملة / و معيث الامة ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle divided by annulets, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14507)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. ‘Alī (Su‘lūkid)

Mint

Khujanda (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

404 AH (=AD 1013-1014)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / سنا الدولة / الحق, Arabic inscription in field with upturned crescent above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12661)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, 996 - 1021

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

405 AH (= AD 1014–1015)

Obverse

الحاكم بامر الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR14505)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Toghān-Khān Aḥmad b. ‘Alī (Qarākhānid), 994 - 1016

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

405 AH (=AD 1014-1015)

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 / القادر بالله / خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14520)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Toghān-Khān Aḥmad b. ‘Alī (Qarākhānid), 994 - 1016

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

405 AH (=AD 1014-1015)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12022)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

406 (=AD 1015–1016)

Islamic coin (HCR12023)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

407 (=AD 1016–1017)

Islamic coin (HCR12024)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

408 (=AD 1017–1018)

Islamic coin (HCR12774)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Arzan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / نصر الدولة / ابو نصر / محمد, 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 / صلى الله عليه و سلم / القادر بالله / الملك شاهانشاه / ابو شجاع / ص, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14373)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān al-Dawla, Abū Shujā (Būyid), al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله ولي / عهده الغالب بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by partially legible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

ح / لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / شاهانشاه سلطان الدولة ابو شجاع, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR113364)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, 996 - 1021

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

408 AH (=AD 1017-1018)

Obverse

عبد الله و وليه / الامام الحاكم بامر الله امير / المؤمنين و عبد الرحيم / ولي عهد المسلمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا / شريك له / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14486)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shams al-Dawla (Būyid), 997 - 1021, ’Alā’ al-Dawla, Abū Ja’far Muḥammad (Kākwayhid), 1008 - 1042, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

409? AH (=AD 1018-1019)

Obverse

؟ / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / محمد بن دشمنزار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ملك الملوك / شمس الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12025)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

410 (=AD 1019–1020)

Islamic coin (HCR12770)

Period

Islamic

Person

Naṣr al-Dawla, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad (Marwanid), 1011 - 1061, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Obverse

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

Reverse