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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 (HCR14692)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

القائم / ع / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle and illegible Arabic inscription

Reverse

محمد / رسول الله / ظهيرله / خليفة الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field with two pellets above to right and left, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14694)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

القائم بامر الله / 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

عدل / محمد / رسول الله / القائم بامر الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14700)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / القائم بامر الله, 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

عدل / محمد / رسول الله / عليه الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14708)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القائم بامر الله / ناصردين الله / . . ., Arabic inscription in field with first word enclosed by crescent, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14709)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

421 AH (=AD 1030)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14710)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 421-434 AH (=AD 1030-1043)

Obverse

مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

هو الله (احد) / الله الصمد لم يل(د) / ولم يولدو لو(كذا) بكن / له كفوا احد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR14711)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 421-422 AH (=AD 1030-1031)

Obverse

ك / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ك / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR14712)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with two pellets above, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

محمد / رسول الله / مسعود / س, Arabic inscription in field with mint mark below, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14713)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription enclosed by plain and beaded circles, partially off flan

Reverse

(محمد) / رسو(ل الله) / القائم بامر / الله مسعو / د, Arabic inscription enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR14714)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Sind (Islamic)

Denom.

fractional dirham

Dating

circa 421-432 AH (=AD 1030-1042)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / ناصر لدين / الله, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / و د, Arabic inscription in field with mint marks below

Islamic coin (HCR12032)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Madinat Sabta (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

423 (=AD 1031–1032)

Islamic coin (HCR12763)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Kamāl al-Dawla Gharīb ('Uqaylid), 1010 - 1030, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031

Mint

‘Ukbarā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

422 AH (=AD 1031)

Obverse

U / لا اله الا الله / وحده / لا شريك له / القادر بالله / و ولي عهده / القائم بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

الملك لله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه و سلم / شاهنشاه / ابو كليجر الامير / عماد الدولة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14666)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

422 AH (=AD 1031)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ولي عهده / القائم بامر الله / ناصر دين االه / حافظ / عباد / الله, Arabic inscription in field and to right and left, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR14672)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Harāt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

422 AH (=AD 1031)

Obverse

القائم / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / ولي عهده / (با)مر / الله, Arabic inscription in field ending to left and right, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / ناصر دين الله / حافظ عباد الله / ظهير خليفة الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14489)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

423 AH (=AD 1032)

Obverse

افراد؟ / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / محمد بن دشمنزار / محمد, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic word in tiny letters within the last line of inscription, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

افراد؟ / محمد رسول الله / عضد الدين / علا الدولة / ابو جعفر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14691)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

423 AH (=AD 1032)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / القادر بالله / ناصر دين الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14660)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Balkh (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

425 AH (=AD 1033-1034)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القائم بامر الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field with ornament below, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14661)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Balkh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

425 AH (=AD 1033-1034)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول الله / القائم بامر الله / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field with ornament below, enclosed by beaded circle, enclsoed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14662)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Mas‘ūd b. Maḥmūd (Ghaznavid), 1030 - 1042

Mint

Balkh (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

425 AH (=AD 1033-1034)

Obverse

عدل / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with ornament below, enclosed by beaded circle, enclsoed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR14509)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Qā’im bi-Amr Allāh, 1031 - 1075, Sulaymān b. Hārūn/ al-Ḥasan, Qadir-Khān

Mint

Ūzgānd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

426 AH (=AD 1034-1035)

Obverse

عدل / 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 / القائم بامر الله ناصر / الحق قدر خان / فتح, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin