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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 (HCR13223)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

567 AH (=AD 1171-1172)

Obverse

تسع و ستين ـ و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right

Reverse

الملك العادل / العالم ملك امرا / الشرق و الغرب / طغرلتكين اتابك, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13229)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 567 AH (=AD 1171-1172)

Obverse

illegible, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, illegible Arabic inscription to left and right, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الملك العادل / العالم ملك امرا / الشرق و الغرب / طغرلتكين اتابك, Arabic inscription in field, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13412)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

567 AH (=AD 1171-1172)

Obverse

العال / محمود / بن رنكي / غاية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and three anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

الامام / الحسن, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and three anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR13222)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

568 AH (=AD 1172-1173)

Obverse

ثمان و ستين ـ و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13224)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

568 AH (=AD 1172-1173)

Obverse

تسع و ستين ـ و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11638)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

569 AH (= AD 1173–1174)

Obverse

الامام / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / المستضي بامر الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 12h, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:4) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

لله / الحمد لله / محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 12h

Islamic coin (HCR13225)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

569 AH (=AD 1173-1174)

Obverse

تسع و ستين ـ و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13378)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Takla, 1173 - 1194

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 570-590 AH (=AD 1173-1194)

Obverse

اتابك / (مظفر) ـ ين / الد / (تكلة؟) . . ., Arabic inscription divided by large tamgha, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

(لا اله الا الله) / محمد رسول الله / الناصر لدين الله / (امير المؤمنين), Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR13226)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

570 AH (=AD 1174-1175)

Obverse

سنة سبعين ـ و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13311)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1174 - 1182

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 570-577 AH (=AD 1174-1182)

Obverse

الملك / الصالح, Arabic inscription in field with ornaments, enclosed by beaded circle. all enlosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

اسمعيل / بن محمود, Arabic inscription in field with ornaments, enclosed by beaded circle. all enlosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR13417)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

569-575 AH (=AD 1174-1180)

Obverse

يوسف / بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Reverse

الامام / الحسن, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR13424)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

570-575 AH (=AD 1174-1180)

Obverse

الملك النا / صر صلاح / الدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments beginning at 1h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الامام / المستضي / بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments beginning at 1h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR13425)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

before 575 AH (=AD 1174-1180)

Obverse

الملك / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Reverse

المستضي / بامر الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Islamic coin (HCR13447)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I, 1174 - 1193

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

569-589 AH (=AD 1174-1193)

Obverse

الملك الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

يوسف بن ا / يوب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14527)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ibrahīm b. al-Ḥusayn, local ruler at Ūzkānd

Mint

Baldat al-Ūzjānd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

570 AH (=AD 1174-1175)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain double eight-pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

ابرهيم / ارسلان / خاقاك, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by fancy plain lobated square, enclosed by two plain and one beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13064)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (Artuqid), 1174 - 1175

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

571 AH (=AD 1175-1176)

Obverse

سنة احد و سبعين / (وخمسمائة), facing nimbate figure of an angel, right wing upraised, Arabic inscription upwards at right and downwards at left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملكملك الامرا محمد / بن قرا ارسلان بن / داود بن سكمان / بن ارتق نصير / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13065)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (Artuqid), 1174 - 1175

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

571 AH (=AD 1175-1176)

Obverse

سنة احد و سبعين / (وخمسمائة), facing nimbate figure of an angel, right wing upraised, Arabic inscription upwards at right and downwards at left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامرا محمد / بن قرا ارسلان بن / داود بن سكمان / بن ارتق نصير / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise to left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle