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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 (HCR11640)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir, 1180 - 1225

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

590 AH (= AD 1194)

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 isncription (Sura 30:4) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h

Reverse

الحمد لله / محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه, Arabic inscription in field, second field inscription around three sides of centre inscription beginning at right, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription ant-clockwise in margin from 1h

Islamic coin (HCR13132)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

590 AH (=AD 1194)

Obverse

N/AD, four full length figures, one in front centre bent over as if in mourning, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الملك العادل / الامام النا / صر للدين / امير المؤمنين / سيف الدين / ابو بكر / بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field and to left and right, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13469)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Azīz ‘Uthmān, 1193 - 1198

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

590 AH (=AD 1194-1195)

Obverse

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

Reverse

المام / احمد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by four linear circles and two anti-clockwise Arabic inscriptions

Islamic coin (HCR13598)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Mayāfāriqīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

[5]91 AH (=AD 1194-1195)

Obverse

الملك العادل سيف الدين ابو بكر بن ايوب, facing cloaked bust of prince wearng tri-pointed cap in field, Arabic inscription to left and right of bust, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 4h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شر/ يك له الاامام / النصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscripton in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription in field to left and right of field inscription, symbol centre above field inscription, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR14905)

Period

Islamic

Person

Muḥammad b. Sām, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1163 - 1203, Muḥammad b. Sām, Mu’izz al-Dīn, 1171 - 1206

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

(5)90 AH (=AD 1194)

Obverse

الله / لا اله الا الله / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين ابو الفتح بن / سام, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin with ornaments interspersed, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

الله / محمد رسول الله / السلطان المعظم / معز الدنيا و الدين / ابو المظفر محمد بن / (سام), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin with ornaments interspersed, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR13489)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

592-599 AH (=AD 1195-1203)

Obverse

الدين / الملك العادل / سيف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by festooned double trefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الله / الامام النصر / لدين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by festooned double trefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13490)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

592-615 AH (=AD 1195-1219)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13491)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

592-615 AH (=AD 1195-1219)

Obverse

الملك / العادل, Arabic inscription in field, annulet above and below field inscription, enclosed by pointillate six-pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

الامام / النصر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate six-pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle enclosed by two linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR13504)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

592-615 AH (=AD 1195-1219)

Obverse

الملك العادل / سيف الدين / ابو بكر بن ايوب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

unreadable, two ducks or geese with intertwined necks in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR13516)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-‘Ādil Abū Bakr I, 1200 - 1218

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

592-615 AH (=AD 1195-1219)

Obverse

الملك العادل / سيف الدين / ابو بكر بن ايوب, Five-pointed star in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله / محمد رسول / الله الامام النصر, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR14909)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Muḥammad b. Sām, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, 1163 - 1203, Muḥammad b. Sām, Mu’izz al-Dīn, 1171 - 1206

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

59x AH (=AD 1195-1203)

Obverse

غياث الدنيا و الدين ابو الفتح / محمد / بن سام, Three concentric Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise and separated by plain circles, with innermost inscription ending centre

Reverse

الدنيا و الدين ابو المظفر / محمد / بن سام, Three concentric Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise and separated by plain circles, with innermost inscription ending centre

Islamic coin (HCR12876)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

59x AH (=AD 1196-1203)

Obverse

none, Sultan on horseback to right, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمان بن / قلج ارسلان, ARabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12879)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 592-600 AH (=AD 1196-1204)

Obverse

none, Sultan on horseback to right, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمان بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12880)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

5xx AH (=AD 1196-1203)

Obverse

none, Sultan on horseback to right, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمان بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR15117)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Muḥammad b. Nāṣr, ruler of Kasan

Mint

Kāsān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

593? AH (=AD 1196-1197)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لاشر / يك له الناصر / لدين / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain square, inscription ending in segments around (partially obscure), enclosed by pain circle, margin off flan

Reverse

قادري / الخاقان المعظم / جلال الدنيا و الد / ين محمد طغرل / خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13407)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

ضرب بنصبين / سنة اربع و / تسعين و خمسمائة, facing draped bust with long hair, in partial beaded square open at bottom, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / الملك العادل / نور الدنيا و الد / ين اتابك بن / زنكي, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13408)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

illegible, facing draped bust with long hair, in partial beaded square open at bottom, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / الملك العادل / نور الدنيا و الد / ين اتابك بن / زنكي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13409)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Niṣībīn (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

illegible, facing draped bust with long hair, in partial beaded square open at bottom, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13604)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[59]4 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

غازي / الملك الظاهر / ابن الملك النصر / يوسف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

احمد / الامام الناصر / الملك العزيز / عثمن, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR13605)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

Reverse