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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 (HCR13067)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (Artuqid), 1174 - 1175

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

576 AH (=AD 1180-1181)

Obverse

سنة ست / و سبعين و خمس / مائة, crowned enthroned figure under canopy with winged victory to either side, Arabic inscription downwards to left and upwards at right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامرا محمد / بن قرا ارسلان بن / داود بن سكمان / بن ارتق نصير ا / مير المؤ / منين الامام / الناصر / لدين الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, inscription continuing anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13227)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn, 1169 - 1181

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

576 AH (=AD 1180-1181)

Obverse

ثلث و 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

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 (HCR13413)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

575 AH (=AD 1180-1181)

Obverse

يوسف / بن ايوب, 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 circle and three anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR13426)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

576 AH (=AD 1180-1181)

Obverse

الملك الناصر / صلاح الد / نيا و الدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR13431)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

575-589 AH (=AD 1180-1193)

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 and beaded circles

Reverse

الامام / الناصر / لدين الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments beginning at 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR11639)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir, 1180 - 1225

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

577 AH (= AD 1181–1182)

Obverse

الامام / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / الناصرلدين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 12h, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:4) anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13114)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Īl-Ghāzī II, Quṭb al-Dīn (Artuqid), 1176 - 1184

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

577 AH (=AD 1181-1182)

Obverse

سبع و سبعين و خمس / مائة, two facing diademed and draped busts, Arabic inscription in arc above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الناصر للدين / امير المؤمنين / هذا الدرهم / ملعون من / يعيره, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13232)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Mas‘ūd I, ’Izz al-Dīn (Zangid), 1181 - 1193

Mint

al-Jazīra (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

577 AH (=AD 1181-1182)

Obverse

لا ـ اله الا الله محمد رسول الله, head to left wearing crested helmet, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise beginning behind head, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

امير المؤمنين / الناصر لدين / الله عز الدين / مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13427)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

557 AH (=AD 1181-1182)

Obverse

Reverse

الامام النا / صر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15123)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Īl-Ghāzī II, Quṭb al-Dīn (Artuqid), 1176 - 1184

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

577 AH (=AD 1181-1182)

Obverse

سبع و سبعين و خمس / مائة, two facing diademed and draped busts, Arabic inscription in arc above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الناصر للدين / امير المؤمنين / هذا الدرهم / ملعون من / يعيره, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13068)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (Artuqid), 1174 - 1175

Mint

al-Ḥiṣn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

578 AH (=AD 1182-1183)

Obverse

على اسم الله ضرب بالحصن سنة ثمان و سبعين و خمس مائة, classical bust in field, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ملك الامرا محيي / العدل نور الدين / محمد بن قرا ارسلا / ن بن ارتق نصير / الامام الناصر / لدين الله / ملعون من / يعيره, Arabic inscription in field and to right and left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13069)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (Artuqid), 1174 - 1175

Mint

al-Ḥiṣn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

578 AH (=AD 1182-1183)

Obverse

على اسم الله ضرب بالحصن سنة ثمان و سبعين و خمس مائة, classical bust in field, enclosed by circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

ملك الامرا محيي / العدل نور الدين / محمد بن قرا ارسلا / ن بن ارتق نصير / الامام الناصر / لدين الله / ملعون من / يعيره, Arabic inscription in field and to left and right, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13668)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Yūsuf II

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

57[8] AH (=AD 1182-1183)

Obverse

المؤمنين / لا اله الا الله / ابو العباس / الناصر لدين / الله امير, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

بن ايوب / محمد رسول لله / الامام احمد الملك / صلاح الدين / يوسف ا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR13322)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, ‘Imād al-Dīn Zangī, 1171 - 1197

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 579-582 AH (=AD 1183-1186)

Obverse

الامام / الناصر / للدين امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field with heart-knot above, enclosed by double beaded circle, all enclosed by partially legible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

الملك العالم / العادل عماد / الدين زنكي / ابن مودود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double beade square, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13376)

Period

Islamic

Person

Fakhr al-Dīn Bahrāmshāh, c.1162 - 1225

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

(5)79 AH (=AD 1183-1184)

Obverse

فخر / الدين, Centre, head turned partly to left in linear and pointillate hexagon, name in Arabic to right and left within hexagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circle

Reverse

ملك الامر / شاه غازي / بهرامشاه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR14525)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad b. Ibrahīm, local ruler at Ūzkānd

Mint

Baldat al-Ūzjānd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(579) AH (=AD 1183-1184)

Obverse

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

Reverse

جلال / الدنيا و الدين / قدر خاقان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, margin obscure

Islamic coin (HCR12871)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Malik of Tokat, 1077 - 1086

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 580s AH (=AD 1184-1193)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets

Reverse

الملك القاهر / سليمانشاه / بن قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12872)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Malik of Tokat, 1077 - 1086

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 580s AH (=AD 1184-1193)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets

Reverse

الملك القاهر / سليمانشاه / بن قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12873)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Malik of Tokat, 1077 - 1086

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 580s AH (=AD 1184-1193)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right enclosed by circle of pellets

Reverse

الملك القاهر / سليمانشاه / بن قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13039)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas’ūd b. Qilij Arslān II

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 580-589 AH (=AD 1184-1193)

Obverse

العز و الظفر / المحتاج الى / رحمة الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

مسعود بن / قلج ارسلان / بن مسعود, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle