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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 (HCR14510)

Period

Islamic

Person

Manṣūr b. ‘Alī, (Qarākhānid), 1013 - 1024, Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan (Qarākhānid)

Mint

al-Kushānī (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

413 AH (=AD 1022-1023)

Obverse

Arslan/Khan in Uighur, pellet centre with crescent around and triangle of pellets to left and right, Uighur inscription above and below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / ارسلان خان / احمد بن الحسن, Aabic inscription in field with upturned crescent above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14514)

Period

Islamic

Person

Yūsuf b. Hārūn, al-Ḥasan, Qadir Khān (Qarākhānid), 998 - 1032

Mint

Kāshghar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

413 AH (=AD 1022-1023)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / خا / ن ملك المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14493)

Period

Islamic

Person

Majd al-Dawla, Abū Ṭālib (Būyid), Samā al-Dawla, Abū al-Ḥasan Tawfīq (Būyid), 1021 - 1024, ’Alā’ al-Dawla, Abū Ja’far Muḥammad (Kākwayhid), 1008 - 1042, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Sābūr Khwāst (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

414 AH (=AD 1023-1024)

Obverse

رضا / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله امير / الامرا سما الدولة / توفيق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle and four sets of equidistant double annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / شاهانشاه / مجد الدولة /محمد بن دشمنزار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by pointillate circle and four sets of equidistant double annulets

Islamic coin (HCR14556)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

414 AH (=AD 1023-1024)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القادر بالله, Arabic inscription in field with ornament above and to the left, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise aroudn, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / يمين الدولة / و امين الملة / ابو القسم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles and four equidistant annulets, enclosed by Arabic inscription ant-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14557)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

414 AH (=AD 1023-1024)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14624)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

414 AH (=AD 1023-1024)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with ornaments above and below, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / و امين الملة, Arabic inscription in field, neclosed by two plain circle, enlosed by partially obscured Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14651)

Period

Islamic

Person

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030, Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd, as governor of Jūzjān

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 414-421 AH (=AD 1023-1030)

Obverse

محمد / ناصر / الدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by circle within a square with pellet in each of the four corners, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة / ابو القسم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR14689)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Wālwālīz/Wārwālīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

423? AH (=AD 1023)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / عليه سلم / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by mostly off-flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14374)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qawām al-Dawla, Abū al-Fawāris (Būyid), 1012 - 1028, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

416 AH (=AD 1025-1026)

Obverse

سند / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / شاهانشاه / الدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by pointillate circle and five large equidistant annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / قوام الدولة / و شرف الملك / و زين الامة / ابو الفوارس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by pointillate circle and four sets of equidistant double annulets

Islamic coin (HCR14508)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan, Toghān-Khān, 1st Reign (Qarākhānid), 1024 - 1027, ‘Alī b. al-Ḥasan (Īlig), 1024 - 1035

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

416 AH (=AD 1025-1026)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله/ محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ظغان خان ابن المظغر / ملك, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14552)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

415 AH (=AD 1025)

Obverse

عدل / ع / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القادر بالله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double circle with four pellets, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة نظام / الدين ابو القسم / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double circle, all enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription (Quran 30:3-4) around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR12678)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir li-I‘zāz Dīn Allāh, 1021 - 1036

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

418 AH (=Ad 1027-1028)

Obverse

الظاهر لاعزاز دين / الله امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 12h

Reverse

محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockweise from 1h, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Islamic coin (HCR14494)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mint

Hamadān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

418 AH (=AD 1027)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / مجد الدولة / بويه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / عضد الدين علا / الدولة و فخر / الملة و تاج الامة / ابو جعفر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise aroun in margin, alll enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12679)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir li-I‘zāz Dīn Allāh, 1021 - 1036

Mint

Ṣiqillīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Quarter dinar

Dating

419 AH (=AD 1028)

Obverse

الظاهر/ لاعزاز دين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockweise from 130h

Islamic coin (HCR14488)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

419 AH (=AD 1028)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / فخر الملة / محمد بن دشمنزار / محمد, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic word in tiny letters within the last line of the inscription, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

الله احد الله / الصمد لم يلد و / لم يولد و لم يكن / له كفوا احد / مجد الدولة / سعادة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by thin plain and pointillate circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14551)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Balkh (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

419 AH (=AD 1028)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / يمين الدولة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, last word of field inscription between two annulets, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14558)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

419 AH (=AD 1028)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ابو القسم, Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise above, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / يمين الدولة / و امين الملة / محمود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles with four equidistant annulets, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR12027)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

420. (=AD 1029–1030)

Islamic coin (HCR12028)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Dating

420 (=AD 1029–1030)

Islamic coin (HCR12655)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, 996 - 1021

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Quarter dinar

Dating

41x AH (=AD 1029-1038)

Obverse

عبد الله و و / ليه المنصور / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by separated linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Reverse

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